Fort de la Corne was built in 1753 by Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne at the same time that the second Fort Paskoya was built. Year 1753 ( MDCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Louis de la Corne Chevalier de la Corne, ( June 6, 1703 &ndash November 15, 1761) was born at Fort Frontenac in what is now Probably during the winter of 1741 -1742 La Verendrye decided to build a fort at the site chosen by the Chevalier, at Cedar Lake, as shown on the map of 1740 It was built a little lower than the Saskatchewan River Forks at the mouth of the Peonan Creek, a new establishment which originally bore the name of Fort des Prairies. Saskatchewan River Forks refers to the area in Canada where the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan rivers merge to create the Saskatchewan River Fort de la Corne has also been known at different dates as Fort St. Louis and Nippeween. This fort was the furthest west French trading post in Canada.
The Hudson's Bay Company built its Fort-à-la-Corne a few miles from original fort in 1846. This fort became linked to the Carlton Trail by a side route called Fort à la Corne Trail in the Saskatchewan Valley. The Carlton Trail was the primary land transportation route connecting the various parts of the Canadian Northwest for most of the 19th Century The name of a geographic area in Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing generally a triangle from North Battleford, to Saskatoon, north to the Saskatchewan
Today the Fort a la Corne Provincial Forest surrounds the site of the old fur trade posts. The Fort a la Corne Provincial Forest is a mixed-wood forest conservation area in Saskatchewan, Canada. Recently diamond exploration by the De Beers corporation has been occurring in the area, and speculation exists that a mine will open in 2010. De Beers and the various companies within the De Beers Family of Companies engage in exploration for diamonds, diamond mining diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacture
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