Fort Point

Fort Point (54˚59'00" 129˚55'00" N side of Nass Bay, N of Prince Rupert). The HBC’s Ft Nass was established near this spot in 1831 by chief trader Capt Aemilius Simpson. He died there later that year, and the post was renamed Fort Simpson in his honour. It was soon found to be in an unsuitable spot—difficult to access and bitterly cold in winter—and was rebuilt at the present site of Port Simpson (qv), N of Prince Rupert, in 1834. After the old building had been stripped of useful...

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