signed with initials lower left, titled and dated 1869 lower right
12 × 18 in (30.5 × 45.7 cm)
(including Buyer's Premium)
Britnell’s Art Gallery Ltd., Toronto
Waddington's, auction, Toronto, 27 June 2017, lot 555
Private Collection, Toronto
Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in what is now downtown Winnipeg. It was established in 1822 on or near the site of the North West Company's Fort Gibraltar. Fort Garry was named after Nicholas Garry, deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Although only the main gate of the fort remains today, the name "Fort Garry" lives on through various institutions and businesses in the Winnipeg area.
