Fort Selkirk, Yukon

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Fort Selkirk is a former trading post on the Yukon River at the confluence of the Pelly River in Canada's Yukon territory. For many years it was home to the Selkirk First Nation (Northern Tutchone).

Archaeological evidence shows that the site has been in use for at least 8,000 years. Robert Campbell established a Hudson's Bay Company trading post on the traditional site in 1848. Resenting the interference of the Hudson's Bay Company with their traditional trade with interior Athabaskan First Nations, Chilkat Tlingit warriors attacked and looted the post in 1852. It was rebuilt about 40 years later and became an important supply point along the Yukon River. It was essentially abandoned by the mid 1950s after the Klondike Highway bypassed it and Yukon River traffic died down.

Many of the buildings have been restored and the Fort Selkirk Historic Site is owned and managed jointly by the Selkirk First Nation and the Yukon Government. There is no road access. Most visitors get there by boat, though there is an airstrip at the site.