Kenogamissi Post

Photo by Jill Poulin - February 20, 2008

Plaque Location

The District of Cochrane
The City of Timmins
At the public boat access area beside The Cache Campground on Kenogamissi Lake, off Highway 144, southwest of Timmins

Plaque Text

Near this site in 1794, Hudson's Bay Company employees from Frederick House, 40 miles to the northeast, established an outpost. Its objective was to counter the fur trading activities of the North West Company in the area, and it succeeded so well that in 1812 it became the chief post and Frederick House the subsidiary. Throughout its existence, it engaged in spirited competition with the Nor'Westers on Mattagami Lake and Kukatush Lake, some 32 miles to the south and west, respectively. In 1822, following the union of the rival companies, Kenogamissi was closed and the business of the district conducted thereafter from the establishments of Mattagami and Flying Post (formerly Kukatush).