Historic Fort Qu'Appelle

This photo journal features the important historic town of Fort Qu’Appelle located about 65 kms NE of Regina in the beautiful Qu’Appelle Valley. These photos were taken in summer 2006.

FORT QU’APPELE: Originally established as a Hudson's Bay Company trading post in 1852, the town, current population about 2000, is located in the Qu'Appelle Valley approximately 65 kms NE of Regina. It is situated between Echo & Mission Lakes, the 2nd & 3rd of the four Calling Lakes. [The Qu'Appelle valley is graced ... (more)

Treaty 4 Governance Center (gc)
Rising above the modern administration building on the edge of Fort...

gc2 - admin building
The Centre, which officially opened in 2000, is the home of the Treaty...

Treaty 4 Monument (tm)
located on the very site that Treaty 4 was signed, was erected in 1915 by the...

tm2 - the main plaque

tm3 - Many of the signatories to the
treaty & the names of their leaders appear on the monument. Between 2000...

tm4 - The ceremony was attended
by officials from the government & the Hudson Bay Company.

tm5 - signatory Indian chiefs

Saskatchewan Prairie Lilies
in the garden near the monument.

Pretty flower gardens
across the street from the monument.

St John's Anglican Church (1885)
This stone church, built in 1885, is still in use today. It was the...

Historic plaque

Many wonderful stained glass windows,
at least some of them created & installed by R. McCausland of Toronto in...

The Christmas window

St Paul

Beautiful brass altar rail

and banner stand.

St Andrews United church (1921)
The Presbyterians built a stone church in 1883-1884 which was demolished in...

Impressive public school (1911)

The historic Hudson Bay general store
on main street. Because the arrival of a large number of settlers caused the...

Historical mural
depicting the arrival of telephones, disappearance of the buffalo,...

Grain elevators, fishing, Indian camps,
church missions, the San (TB sanatorium) & the Fort.

Red river cart, the fort, buffalo,
the San, a potter, & the Hudson Bay general store.

A contemporary historical mural ;o)

Hansen-Ross Pottery Studio
The acclaimed studio was founded in 1961 & is open all year 'round.

article published 07/29/2007

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