LABRADOR
Fort Baie Chateau |
Fort Baie Rouge |
Fort Carlton |
Fort Cartwright |
Fort Charlotte |
Fort La Forteau
Fort Hebron |
Lake Melville Post |
Fort Lampson |
Fort Michikamau
Fort Nascopie |
Postville |
Fort Red Bay
Rigolet Battery |
Rigolet Post |
Fort Sheffield |
Fort Trial |
Fort Wallace |
Fort Winokapau |
Fort York
NOTE: Labrador has been administered by Newfoundland since 1763 (coastal region) and 1927 (interior region, formerly part of Ungava District, New Québec). Joined Canada in 1949 with Newfoundland. Québec still reserves claim.
There are/were approximately 21 Hudson's Bay Co. posts in Labrador. No attempt is being made at this time to include all of them on this page.
Fort Nascopie
(1838 - 1839, 1842 - 1869), north of Hebron
A Hudson's Bay Co. post, a subpost of Fort Chimo, Québec.
Fort Hebron
(1926 - 1942), Hebron
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.
Fort Lampson
(1864 - 1874), near Hebron
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.
Fort Trial
(1858 - 1861), near Nain
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.
Postville
(1843 - unknown), Postville
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.
Fort Charles
(1735 - 1763), Cape St. Charles
A French trading post.
Fort Michikamau
(1840 - 1880), Michikamau Lake
A Hudson's Bay Co. post, a subpost of Fort Nascopie. Michikamau Lake, about 50 miles above Grand (Churchill) Falls, was incorporated into Smallwood Reservoir in 1971.
Fort Winokapau
(1845 - 1876), Winokapau Lake
A Hudson's Bay Co. post, a subpost of Fort Nascopie. Winokapau Lake is an enlargement of the Hamilton (Churchill) River about 50 miles below Grand (Churchill) Falls.
Lake Melville Post
(1840's - unknown), North West River
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.
Rigolet Post
(1743 - 1763 ?, 1788 - 1920's ? / 1939 - 1944), Rigolet
Originally a French fur trade post. In 1788 it became a British trading
post. Beginning in 1836 it was a Hudson's Bay Company post. Finally,
the site became a Canadian Army base during World War II. Located here was Rigolet Battery, a two-gun 75mm AMTB battery to protect the harbor entrance to Goose Bay.
Fort Cartwright
(1775 - 1786), Cartwright
A British fur trade post. The Hudson's Bay Company later established a post here in 1873.
Fort Carlton
(1794 - unknown), Temple Bay
One of four British blockhouses here. The others were Forts Wallace, Sheffield, and Charlotte.
Fort Red Bay
(1713 - 1763, 1788 - unknown), Red Bay
Originally French Fort Baie-Rouge, rebuilt in 1719 and again in 1721 after it was destroyed by Inuit Indians. It was still garrisoned in 1757. The post was used by the North West Company beginning in 1788.
Fort York
(1766 - 1796), Chateau Bay
A British trading post built on the site of the French Fort Baie-Chateau (1740 - 1763). A wooden blockhouse ( Fort Pitt) was built here at Pitt's Harbour in 1766. It was attacked by Americans in 1778. It was destroyed by its defenders after the French attacked in 1796.
Fort La Forteau
(1710 - 1763), Forteau
A French fort.
Labrador was first sighted by Europeans (Norse Vikings) in 985. The coastal region south of Nain was known as Markland (Wood Land) to the Vikings circa 1001 - 1347, although no settlements are known to have been attempted here. The first recorded contact between Europeans and Native Americans took place near Lake Melville circa 1002.
