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Fort Steele Heritage Town - HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF SITE |
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Fort Steele was named after Sam Steele of the North West Mounted Police in 1888. Before it was called Fort Steele the area was known as Galbraith's Ferry which was founded in 1864. Even before Galbraith's Ferry, the Ktunaxa First Nation had been in the area for well over two thousand years. With the gold rush during the 1860's, and silver find in the 1890's, more people moved to this area to find wealth and prosperity. With the sudden increase of people conflicts started to arise especially between the Ktunaxa, European, and Chinese communities. Sam Steele was able to help solve many of the legal conflicts and land disputes between these different cultures.
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Last updated 1 March 1999. This digital collection was produced under contract to the Canada's Digital Collections Program, Industry Canada. Produced by Canada's Digital Collections Team. Content provided by BC Heritage Trust and Heritage Branch, Province of British Columbia. |
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