Editing Fort Edmonton (section)

==Second Fort Edmonton (1802–1810)==
<small>Coordinates: {{Coord|53|31|44|N|113|29|53|W|type:landmark_region:CA-AB}}</small>

In 1802, due to several years of low fur returns and increasingly scarce firewood, Fort Edmonton and Fort Augustus were moved upstream, to what is now the [[Rossdale, Edmonton|Rossdale]] area of downtown Edmonton. This area had been a gathering place for aboriginals in the region for thousands of years, in part due to its location along the old North Trail, AKA the Wolf's Track.<ref name="altasrcfted"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cushman |title=Great North Trail |pages=317-323}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

It is possible the HBC officials on the ground might have adopted a new name for the new fort. But an 1800 directive from HBC main offices in London had instructed them to stop switching names. (Later after Fort Edmonton was moved to its third site, the head office staff instructed them to stop using the same name for differently-located forts. It is from this muddle that the present-day City of Edmonton bears the name that it does.)<ref name="Ream p. 17"/>

The first woman of European descent known to live in this region was the [[French-Canadian]] [[Marie-Anne Gaboury|Marie-Anne Lagimodière (née Gaboury)]], who was also noteworthy as the grandmother of [[Louis Riel]]. She had accompanied her fur trader husband, [[Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière]], into the west shortly after their marriage in [[Trois-Rivières]], Lower Canada, and was known to take part in hunting expeditions. The couple lived in Fort Augustus from 1807 to 1811.

[[John Rowand]], the [[Factor (agent)|Chief Factor]] at Fort Edmonton from 1823 to 1854, first worked at Fort Augustus from 1804 to 1806; he was stationed there again from 1808 onward.<ref name="altahistory">{{Cite web |url=http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/alberta2.htm |title=INDIAN TERRITORIES (ALBERTA) 1800–1829<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-08 |archive-date=2008-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307105408/http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/alberta2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Evidence of this Fort Edmonton was found in 2012, when crews were excavating under a demolished machine shop at the [[Rossdale Power Plant]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/evidence-of-early-fur-trade-post-found-under-old-power-plant-1.909357 |title=Evidence of early fur trade post found under old power plant |first=Laura |last=Collinson |work=[[CTV News|CTV News Edmonton]] |date=2012-08-09 |access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref>