Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site
Before Canada was a country, this location stood as a stronghold where historic alliances between the British and Indigenous peoples held off invading American forces.
Over 225 years of history
Plan a visit to this unique site in 2022! The ruins of these fortifications and surrounding community continue to reveal the alliances that took place here and helped shape the Canada we know today.
Let a Parks Canada interpreter explain its fascinating history and imagine how it must have been to live in the most isolated, westerly outpost of British North America.
Fresh bread on the frontier
Fort St. Joseph staff and volunteers have built a traditional outdoor clay bake oven by hand using locally-collected materials! The oven offers an example of the style of oven that was used to bake bread for soldiers and civilians alike at the fort.
Come smell fresh bread from the oven and learn about the art of clay oven baking firsthand!
History comes alive!
Watch the sparks fly as a historic blacksmith shares tricks of the trade, learn how to start a fire with flint and steel, or see how voyageur sashes were woven by hand.
Each summer, costumed interpreters bring to life the sights and sounds of the thriving community of soldiers, Indigenous peoples, and fur traders that lived here in the early 1800s.