Hudson's Bay Company Shed
Fort Simpson, Territoires du Nord-Ouest, X0E, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2004/05/03
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1935/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2008/10/30
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Situated on McKenzie Drive on the Fort Simpson waterfront, the Hudson’s Bay Company Shed is a small storage building dating from around 1935. Only the building is designated.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of the Hudson’s Bay Company Shed resides in the fact that it is the only structure surviving from the original Hudson’s Bay Company compound. Company buildings tended to conform to a uniform colour scheme; white walls with green trim and red roofs, said in the 1930s to be the most attractive colours in the wilderness, giving a bright appearance to HB Co. settlements. The village of Fort Simpson became a permanent settlement in 1822 when the Hudson's Bay Company began construction of a trading post, naming it for George Simpson, then Governor of Rupert's Land. The village remained primarily a "company town" until around 1910. In its traditional Hudson’s Bay Company livery of white walls and red roof, the shed is an icon, linking Fort Simpson to its past as a Hudson’s Bay Company settlement and trading centre.
Source: Village of Fort Simpson Heritage Bylaw.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of the Hudson’s Bay Company Shed is defined by:
- Its HBC colours—white walls and red roof.
- Its original materials, volume, layout and construction.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Autorité de reconnaissance
Village of Fort Simpson
Loi habilitante
Village of Fort Simpson Heritage By-Law
Type de reconnaissance
Village of Fort Simpson Municipal Historic Site
Date de reconnaissance
2004/05/03
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Résidence
- Bâtiment paradomestique
Historique
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Entrepôt
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Fort Simpson Heritage Bylaw 601 as amended, Village of Fort Simpson
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
NT0016
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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