Carlton Trail
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The main mode of transport along the trail was by Red River Cart. It was an integral route for Métis freighters, and Hudson's Bay Company employees as well as the earliest white settlers. With the coming of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 1880s, and the numerous branch lines that followed the trail assumed less and less importance. By the early 1900s many portions were fenced off, although local sections of the trail remained in use as late as the 1930s.
The use of the trail was designated an Event of National Historic Significance in 1972.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Fort Garry - Fort Edmonton Trail National Historic Event, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
External links
- Carlton Trail
- MHS Transactions: The Red River Cart and Trails: The Fur Trade
- Fort Garry-Fort Edmonton Trail Commemorated as National Historic Site
- A Line Through the Wilderness
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