Fort Victoria (Alberta)

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Fort Victoria, near present-day Smoky Lake, Alberta, Alberta, was established by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1864 as a trading post with the local Cree Indians. Today, it is a historical museum.

The oldest building in Alberta still on its original foundations is the clerk's quarters at Fort Victoria, which dates from 1865. Later the site of the Fort became home fo the McDougall Presbyterian missionary family. Still later, the settlement served as a base for Methodist missionaries to the Ukrainian Canadians.

The post was also a vital stop on the trail from Winnipeg to Edmonton. The section of the this trail currently within the eastern part of the city of Edmonton is a now a paved road called Victoria Trail in honour of the fort.

The Fort lies with the Kalyna Country ecomuseum.

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