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Article: York Factory National Historic Site: giving the past a future: do you have something to say?(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Manitoba History
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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Operated continuously between 1684 and 1957, York Factory, near the mouth of the Hayes River on Hudson Bay, was one of the oldest and most important fur trade establishments of the Hudson's Bay Company. It was also a large, vibrant community, known as Kihci-waskahikan in the Cree language. Today, York Factory National Historic Site is heritage at risk, threatened with loss from riverbank erosion, permafrost decay and vegetation encroachment.
An earlier article, "York Factory National Historic Site of Canada: Planning the Future for a Place with a Momentous Past" (Manitoba History No. 48) announced the beginning of a management planning program by Parks Canada to ...