Forks National Historic Site
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Reviewed by:
Laalamani
Rating:
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‘Forks National Historic Site’ is of great importance owing to strategic location, i.e. at junction of ‘Assiniboine’ and ‘Red’ rivers which had been portion of a big continental network relating to water routes. Significance of this site derives from continuous usage for settlement, trade, and transportation. A conventional aboriginal ‘stopping place’, this site had also been site of Fort Gibraltar, 2 Forts Garry, and Fort Rouge.
Category: Monument and Historic Building
Address: near Red River
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