Lord Selkirk reestablishes the Red River Settlement …
Years: 1817 - 1817
Lord Selkirk reestablishes the Red River Settlement in 1817, sending in a force of about one hundred soldiers from the British Regiment de Meuron to enforce the peace (who will eventually become settlers themselves), while also capturing the Northwest outpost at Fort William.
There, Selkirk arrests numerous significant managers of the North West Company including Chief Director William McGillvray.
Locations
People
Groups
- Hudson's Bay Company (HBC)
- Métis people
- British North America
- North West Company
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Red River Colony
