Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Crossing (RM of Wallace)

This marker in the Rural Municipality of Wallace denotes a place where the trail to the fur trade post of Fort Ellice crossed a small creek. Known variously as the Carlton Trail, Saskatchewan Trail, and Edmonton Trail, it was the major route by which Aboriginals, fur traders, explorers, missionaries, surveys, and settlers travelled west from Upper Fort Garry to Fort Edmonton (now Edmonton, Alberta).

Fort Ellice Trail Crossing Sign (September 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N50.07575, W101.10368 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Cairn (RM of Ellice)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Glacial Lake Agassiz Plaque (Arden, RM of Lansdowne)

Carlton Trail - First Western Highway by Frank Hall
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 14, Number 3, Spring 1969.

Sources:

Information for this page was collected and prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 January 2013

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