Fort Collinson was a trading post operated by the Hudson's Bay Company (Post Number B.405)[3] located on Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is situated on the Prince Albert Peninsula on the north side of Walker Bay, just north of Minto Inlet.[4]

Fort Collinson Fort Brabant
Trading post
Fort Collinson
Coordinates: 71°37′02″N 117°52′09″W[1]
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Region	Inuvik
Built	1928
Closed	1939
Founded by	Hudson's Bay Company
Named for	Richard Collinson

Previously known as Fort Brabant[5] the post opened in 1928 when it was moved from its prior location at Alaervik on the north side of Prince Albert Sound.[4][6]

Named in honour of Sir Richard Collinson, an English naval officer and explorer of the Arctic, the post closed in 1939 when it was transferred to Holman, now Ulukhaktok.[4][6]

References

Further reading

• Condon, R.G. East meets West: Fort Collinson, the fur trade, and the economic acculturation of the northern Copper Inuit, 1928-1939.

This Canadian Northwest Territories location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e