This marker in a roadside park in Neepawa denotes a portion of the prairie trail to the fur trade post of Fort Ellice. Known variously as the Carlton Trail, Saskatchewan Trail, and Edmonton Trail, it was the major route by which Aboriginals, fur traders, explorers, missionaries, surveys, and settlers travelled west from Upper Fort Garry to Fort Edmonton (now Edmonton, Alberta). The marker was erected by the Manitoba Heritage Council.
Fort Ellice Trail Marker (April 2013)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.22666, W99.45550
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice (RM of Ellice-Archie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Cemetery (RM of Ellice-Archie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (Lions River Bend Park, Neepawa)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (RM of Rosedale)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (RM of Wallace-Woodworth)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural Museum (Austin, Municipality of North Norfolk)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Marshall-Chambers Park Monument (RM of Yellowhead)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Glacial Lake Agassiz Plaque (Arden, Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tanner’s Crossing (Minnedosa)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Third Crossing Monument (Gladstone)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: White Horse Monument (RM of St. Francois Xavier)
Carlton Trail - First Western Highway by Frank Hall
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 14, Number 3, Spring 1969.Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba / Manitoba Heritage Council
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 March 2021
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