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Prairie Trails and the Carlton Trail Journey Across the Plains
The Carlton Trail linked Fort Carlton on the North Saskatchewan with Fort Ellice on the Assiniboine and formed the core of a longer route to Fort Garry and Northwest trading posts. The article traces its paths past Melville Ituna Kelliher Birch Lake Touchwood Hills Batoche and Fort Carlton. It notes use by Indigenous peoples fur traders Metis and settlers and its final decline before World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Qu’Appelle
Saskatchewan
Carlton
Fort Carlton
Sackatchewan
Fort Ellice
Assiniboine
C.N.R
Winnipeg-Saskatoon
Touchwood Hills
Melville
Ituna
Kelliher
Birch Lake
Touchwood Fort
Lestock
Punnichy
Stony Lake
Humboldt
Batoche
Saskatchewan River
Fred Groome
George Groome
Red River
Carlton Trail
North West Mounted Police
Regina
Touchdown Hills