Fort Pitt (Saskatchewan)

Fort Pitt (Saskatchewan)

Fort Pitt
National Historic Site of Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Municipality	Frenchman Butte No. 501
Website	Parks Canada

Fort Pitt
North Saskatchewan River Saskatchewan Canada.
Location in Saskatchewan
Coordinates	53°34′24″N 109°47′33″W / 53.5733°N 109.7924°W / 53.5733; -109.7924Coordinates: 53°34′24″N 109°47′33″W / 53.5733°N 109.7924°W / 53.5733; -109.7924
Built	1830
In use	1830-1870's
Controlled by	King George III/Queen Victoria
Battles/wars	Battle of Fort Pitt

For other places with this name see Fort Pitt (disambiguation).

Fort Pitt was a fort built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company that also served as a trading post on the North Saskatchewan River in Canada. It was built by Chief Factor John Rowand, previously of Fort Edmonton, in order to trade for bison hides, meat and pemmican. Pemmican, dried buffalo meat, was required as provisions for HBC's northern trading posts.

Fort Pitt was built where the territories of the Cree, Assiniboine and Blackfoot converged. It was located on a large bend in the river just east of the present day Alberta-Saskatchewan border and was the major post between Fort Edmonton and Fort Carlton. In 1876, it was one of the locations for signing Treaty 6. It was the scene of the Battle of Fort Pitt during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.

The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1954. It is now operated as the Fort Pitt Provincial Park .