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'''Fort Matachewan''' was a [[trading post]] set up by the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] in 1867,<ref>[Churches of Elk Lake]</ref> and is located 8&nbsp;km north of the town of [[Matachewan, Ontario]]. This fort was primarily used for the [[fur trade]], and as such the natives of the area often travelled to it to sell off their furs and pick up the staples of their diet. The fort was not a town site, but rather a large depot of stores. Eventually, a church was built on the grounds. Today the Fort is a crumbled relic of a time long past.<ref>

Summer of 2016 the original site Known to the locals still as Fort Matachewan is undergoing a restoration by the Native people of Matachewan First Nation.  As part of this restoration the path taken 150 years ago will once again be travelled with rustic sitting areas along the way. [http://www.matachewan.com/about.html Matachewan.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107092606/http://www.matachewan.com/about.html |date=January 7, 2009 }}</ref>

==Affiliations==
The museum is affiliated with: [[Canadian Museums Association|CMA]],  [[Canadian Heritage Information Network|CHIN]], and [[Virtual Museum of Canada]].

==See also==
* [[Chronology of the War of 1812]]
* [[War of 1812 Campaigns]]
* [[List of forts]]
* [[War of 1812]]
* [[Upper Canada]]

==References==
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[[Category:History museums in Canada]]
[[Category:Forts in Ontario|Matachewan]]
[[Category:Hudson's Bay Company forts]]
[[Category:1867 establishments in Ontario]]


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