FORT QU'APPELLE

also called The Fort town, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, on The Fishing Lakes of the Qu'Appelle River, surrounded by Indian reservations, 45 miles (72 km) east-northeast of Regina. It originated in 1864 as a Hudson's Bay Company fur-trading post, and an 1874 treaty whereby the Cree and Saulteaux Indians conceded a large portion of southern Saskatchewan to the white settlers was signed there. The completion of a survey in 1882 marked the beginning of settlement by a predominantly eastern Canadian (Anglo-Saxon) population. The town, named for the Qu'Appelle River, is a noted fur-farming centre and a market for a mixed-farming area. It is also the centre of a lake resort region and is the site of a provincial fish hatchery. Adjoining the local museum is an original log building of the Hudson's Bay Company. Inc. village, 1898; town, 1951. Pop. (1991) 1,953.