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Fort Gibraltar was a fort built in 1809 by the North West Company in present-day Manitoba, Canada. It was located at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in or near the area now known as The Forks in the city of Winnipeg. Fort Gibraltar was renamed Fort Garry after the merger of North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. ==History== In the early 19th century fur-trading was the main industry of Western Canada. Two companies had an intense competition over the trade. The first, the Hudson's Bay Company, was a London, England-based organization. The second, the North West Company, was based in Montreal. Hudson's Bay Company was distinctly English in its culture and flavour while the North West Company was a mix of French, Scottish and First Nations cultures. The voyageurs of the North West Company were a highly mobile group of fur traders. They established temporary encampments in the forks region that later became Winnipeg. In 1809 the North West Company built Fort Gibraltar. About half a mile north the Selkirk settlers and HBC employees built Fort Douglas which was started in 1813 and completed in 1815. There were many conflicts between the mostly Scottish employees of the HBC and the NWC employees, who were mostly French-Canadians and Métis.(see Pemmican War) On March 17, 1816, Fort Gibraltar was captured and destroyed by Colin Robertson of the HBC. Robertson was a former NWC employee who later (in 1821) became a leader of the Red River Colony. The capture was ruled illegal by British authorities and the North West Company was given permission to rebuild the fort in 1817. On March 26, 1821, The North West Company was merged with its rival under the name of the Hudson's Bay Company. The site of the fort was designated a National Historic Site in 1924 as part of the "Forts Rouge, Garry, and Gibraltar National Historic Site of Canada". ===Chronology of Fort Gibraltar=== * 1809 The North West Company builds Fort Gibraltar * 1816 Fort Gibraltar is captured and destroyed by the Red River Colony * 1817 Fort Gibraltar is rebuilt by the North West Company * 1821 The North West Company merges with Hudson's Bay Company – Fort Gibraltar continues its operations under the Hudson's Bay Company standard * 1822 Fort Gibraltar is renamed Fort Garry * 1835 Fort Garry is rebuilt after being destroyed by the 1826 flood〔(A Short Pictorial History On Upper Ft. Garry ). Lincoln Park Gallery website. Retrieved 16 Oct 2010.〕 and the name changed to Upper Fort Garry 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Gibraltar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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