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Fort Garry and the steamer International

The steamer International at Fort Garry, looking northward from the Assiniboine River, 1870. Photograph by Alex J. Russell’s Red River Country, etc., 1870. Steamboat 'International' in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Reproduced in Russell Blakely, “Opening of the Red River of the North to Commerce and Civilization,” Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society VIII (1898), 45–66.

Fort Ripley

Fort Ripley, 1862.

Fort Ripley in the early 1870s

Fort Ripley in the early 1870s. The somewhat taller structure to the rear left is the newly built hospital and headquarters, which replaced the one that burned down in July 1870. The fort’s three six-pounder brass cannons are pointed at the river.

Black and white photograph of a sign marking the site of old Fort Ripley, 1850.

Fort Ripley sign

The site of Fort Ripley is within the boundaries of present-day Camp Ripley. The remains of the powder magazine can be seen in the background of this 1950 photo.