Fort Colvile
| Fort Colvile | |
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| Fur Trade Outpost | |
Indian camp at Fort Colvile by Paul Kane.
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| Constructed: | 1825 |
| Company built: | Hudson's Bay Company |
| Location: | Kettle Falls, Washington |
| Continent: | North America |
| Later Ownership: | none |
| Abandoned: | 1870 |
Coordinates: 48°37′42″N 118°5′31″W / 48.62833°N 118.09194°W
The trade center Fort Colvile (also Fort Colville) was built by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) at Kettle Falls on the Columbia River in 1825 and operated in the Columbia fur district of the company. Named for Andrew Colville, a London governor of the HBC, the fort was a few miles west of the present site of Colville, Washington. It was an important stop on the York Factory Express trade route to London via the Hudson Bay. The HBC for some time considered Fort Colvile second in importance only to Fort Vancouver, near the mouth of the Columbia, until the foundation of Fort Victoria.
Under the Treaty of 1818, the Great Britain and the United States of America both claimed rights to the Oregon Country. This contentious dispute for ownership of the land was ended by the Oregon Treaty of 1846. The boundary between British North America and the United States was extended to the Pacific Ocean on the 49th Parallel, with all of Vancouver Island considered British. During the gold rushes of the 1850s and 1860s, Fort Colvile in 1860 especially became an important centre for mining activity and supplies. Abandoned in June 1871, some buildings stood until they burned in 1910.
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