Fort Qu'Appelle - Touchwood Hills Trail Provincial Historic Site
Lipton RM 217, Saskatchewan, S0G, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1986/08/21
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Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/04/15
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Fort Qu'Appelle - Touchwood Hills Trail Provincial Historic Site comprises a .13 hectare parcel of land adjacent to Highway 35 north of the Qu'Appelle Valley and the Town of Fort Qu'Appelle. The site features a short segment of remnant cart track preserved in a small patch of native prairie.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of the Fort Qu'Appelle - Touchwood Hills Trail Provincial Historic Site lies in its association with the early transportation and communication networks of the Canadian West. Initially, Europeans explored the continent's interior via its waterways. As trading posts and settlements multiplied, overland transportation became increasingly important. Although heavily travelled, the early trails were usually little more than rough tracks rutted by the traffic of horse- and ox-drawn wagons and carts.
The route of the Fort Qu’Appelle-Touchwood Hills Trail was likely first used by First Nations and Métis people travelling between the Fishing Lakes and the Touchwood Hills. During the last half of the nineteenth century, the trail carried traffic between Hudson’s Bay Company posts in the Touchwood Hills and the Company's Fort Qu'Appelle post . In 1882, a segment of the Dominion Telegraph was constructed alongside the trail. For a time, the trail was an important overland link between the Canadian Pacific Railway station at Qu’Appelle and the Carlton Trail at Touchwood. Notable travellers on the trail during this period were General Frederick Middleton and his column of militia on their march to Batoche during the North-West Resistance of 1885.
The importance of western Canada's trail system diminished with the coming of railways and, eventually, automobiles and roads. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the once vital trails had largely fallen into disuse or were used only for local travel. Most disappeared under the plough, with only scattered remnants such as the Fort Qu'Appelle - Touchwood Hills Trail Provincial Historic Site existing today as reminders of a bygone era of transportation.
Source:
Province of Saskatchewan, Order in Council 870/86, August 21, 1986.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of the Fort Qu'Appelle - Touchwood Hills Trail Provincial Historic Site resides in the following character-defining elements:
-those elements that identify the site as a segment of a former cart and wagon trail, including the remnant wheel ruts and small tract of undisturbed native prairie;
-the site’s location on the historic travel route between Fort Qu’Appelle and the Touchwood Hills.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Saskatchewan
Autorité de reconnaissance
Gouvernement de la Saskatchewan
Loi habilitante
Parks Act, art. 7
Type de reconnaissance
Lieu historique
Date de reconnaissance
1986/08/21
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Communications et transport
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Loisirs
- Parc
Historique
- Transport terrestre
- Route ou voie publique
Architecte / Concepteur
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Constructeur
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Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Heritage Conservation Branch,
Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport,
3211 Albert Street,
Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 5W6
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
GR 2247
Statut
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Inscriptions associées
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