A reconstructed Fort Gibraltar fur trade post, adjacent to the Red River in Winnipeg’s Whittier Park, was built between 1983 and 1985 by the Festival du Voyageur Association. A brass plaque on an exterior wall of the fort’s palisade, bearing text in French, English, Ojibwe, Cree, Dakota, and Michif, acknowledges that the fort is located on the lands of the Anishinaabe, Ininew, and Dakota peoples and on the homeland of the Metis Nation.
Aerial view of Fort Gibraltar (June 2024)
Source: George Penner
Fort Gibraltar (January 2014)
Source: George Penner
Fort Gibraltar (February 2015)
Source: George Penner
Land acknowledgement plaque at Fort Gibraltar (March 2023)
Source: Glen ToewsSite Location (lat/long): N49.89935, W97.12572
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Gibraltar I, Violence at the Forks and Red River Settlement Plaques (The Forks, Winnipeg)
“Group likely to get approval for historic fort in Whittier,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 September 1978, page 8.
“$500,000 project wins approval,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 September 1978, page 153.
“Grievances aired at meeting,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 June 1980, page 6.
“Up with the old,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 January 1984, page 2.
“Tourism officials scramble to use excess $1.9 million,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 February 1985, page 3.
We thank George Penner and Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 September 2026
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