Tags: Military Structure.
Fort Confidence located at the mouth of the Dease River on the eastern tip of the Dease Arm of Great Bear Lake Northwest Territories was a Hudson’s Bay Company establishment (not a trading post) built in 1837 by Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson (explorer) as a base for their exploration of the Arctic coast. It served as a quarters for two winters. The structure was a log building and burned down a short time later.
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