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Previous fur-trade posts had been located periodically in the area. Severe flood damage in 1826 prompted the construction of a new post, Lower Fort Garry, 32 km downriver.
In 1836, however, in order to facilitate the general administrative and supply needs of the settlement, the HBC returned to the forks (where the Red and Assiniboine Rivers meet) and built a new fort, Upper Fort Garry, near the old site. This fort was seized by Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1870.
With the decline of the fur trade and the growth of Winnipeg, Fort Garry virtually disappeared. The “Gate” remains and can be seen in Winnipeg at the corner of Broadway Avenue and Main Street.
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