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Fort Assiniboine Museum

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Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
Fort Assiniboine Museum
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25 AB-661, Fort Assiniboine, AB T0G 1A0, Canada

Fort Assiniboine is a hamlet in northwest Alberta, Canada, within Woodlands County. It is located along the north shore of the Athabasca River at the junction of Highway 33 and Highway 661. It is approximately 39 kilometres northwest of Barrhead, 62 kilometres southeast of Swan Hills and 91 kilometres northeast of Whitecourt. Fort Assiniboine was founded as a trading post by the Hudson's Bay Company and became a stopping point along the Klondike Trail. It gets its name from the Assiniboine people. The fort itself no longer exists, but the land on which it stood is designated as a National Historic Site for its archaeological value. The hamlet, built on and around the site of the fort is a now a local hub for the surrounding agricultural region.
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