Take a virtual tour of Prince of Wales Fort! Enter the five main
areas of the Fort and learn more through 360o panoramas, videos
and photos. In 1731, the Hudson’s Bay Company began building
Prince of Wales Fort at the site of an existing Aboriginal trade
hub, not far from the present day community of Churchill,
Manitoba. The Fort played a significant role in the developing
fur trade and the lives of its Aboriginal and European
participants. The massive efforts and sacrifice to build the
Fort resulted in fewer than 50 years of operation. In 1782, the
English surrendered the Fort to the French in the ongoing
rivalry between the two countries for control of North America.
Over a period of three days (August 8 to 11, 1782) the French
carried out their orders to destroy Prince of Wales Fort to the
best of their abilities, managing to seriously damage it during
their brief stay. While the Hudson's Bay Company returned to the
Churchill River in 1783, the Fort was never reoccupied. The
scaffolding and other equipment