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With 120 men, Louis Riel occupied Upper Fort Garry in the Red River Colony to block the transfer of Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) to Canada. Known as the Red River Resistance , the Métis — led by Riel — and First Nations allies defended the Red River Colony from White settlers and government encroachment on their lands.
The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement), also known as Assiniboia, was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, on 300,000 square kilometres (120,000 sq mi) of land in British North America. This land was granted to Douglas by the Hudson's Bay Company in the Selkirk Concession.
After being destroyed by flood in 1826, the replacement fort was built downriver of the Grand Rapids in 1830, but came to be known as Lower Fort Garry when the new site proved unpopular, prompting the building of Upper Fort Garry near the original site in 1835.
Feb 7, 2006 · Upper Fort Garry, situated at the forks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in the heart of the Red River Colony, was a Hudson's Bay Company post established in 1822. Previous fur-trade posts had been located periodically in the area.
The territory known as Rupert's Land included parts of what are now northern Quebec, northern Ontario and Nunavut, and most of the prairies. The sale involved roughly a quarter of the...
Upper Fort Garry, located at the centre of the Red River Settlement, was the headquarters of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). The HBC controlled the import, export and marketing of goods harvested from the land and those shipped in from Europe during the early years.
With 120 men, Louis Riel occupied Upper Fort Garry in the Red River Colony to block the transfer of Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) to Canada. Known as the Red River Resistance, the Métis — led by Riel — and First Nations allies defended the Red River Colony from
