CH-0102 · RESEARCH DRAFT
Red River Settlement established
The Selkirk colony was established in the Red River valley in 1812, within an existing Indigenous and emerging Métis world.
Not publication-ready. Settlement foundation is not the beginning of local occupation; community and land histories require nation-authored sources.
- Historical place
- Prairies
- Present-day context
- Unknown — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
- Peoples named in this record
- Métis, Cree, Ojibway, Selkirk settlers
- Review state
- source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
- Catalogue updated
- French text
- Translation pending; English research text shown.
Map context
No dated political snapshot is available for this event. No historical boundary is inferred.
Source evidence
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HBC archival terminology
Archives of Manitoba · · Review: page opened
Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-12. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.
Primary institutional reference opened; draft entry and event-specific geography require editorial review.