Fort William

When the boundary settlement of 1783 placed Grand Portage, the North West Company's major inland depot, in U.S. territory, the company was forced to seek a new site on British soil. Following the reopening of the Kaministikwia route, a new post at the river's mouth, later named for William McGillivray, the principal Montreal agent, was constructed here. Each summer from 1803 to 1821, the Montreal and wintering partners held council here, while trade goods were readied for the Indian country and furs brought down for shipment to Montreal. After 1821, changed supply patterns led to Fort William's gradual decline.

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