17h 17min, oct 3, 1738 y - The first French officer arrived in the area.
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Sieur de La Vérendrye built the first fur trading post on the site (Fort Rouge), which was later abandoned.[1] The French traded in the area for several decades before Hudson's Bay Company traders arrived.
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