Lake Superior and Thunder Bay Attractions
Ontario fur trade © Don Pugh Perth Western Australia
Old Fort William
Visitors can travel back in time to 1815 at an authentic
duplicate of Old Fort William, the inland headquarters of the North
West Company of Montreal, located at Thunder Bay just nine
miles (14km) upstream from the site of the original fort on the
bank of the Kaministiquia River. The North American fur trade is a
part of Canada’s colourful past that has been brought to life
at the fort, with recreations of the characters, sounds, sights and
smells of the operating fort as it would have been almost two
centuries ago. The sprawling 20-acre site contains more than
42 fully-equipped historic buildings to be explored, among the
assortment of fort inhabitants who include Ojibwa
Natives, Scots gentlemen, French Canadian voyagers, craftsmen and
farm labourers, dressed in period costume and busy with their daily
chores.
Website: www.fwhp.ca;
Telephone: (807) 473 2344;
Opening time: Daily between 17 May and 13 October from 10am to 5pm (until 6pm from mid-June to August);
Admission: 18 June to 5 September: Adults C$14, Children 6-12 C$10; 21 May 21 to 17 June 17 and 6 September to 10 October: Adults C$12, children 6-12 C$9
