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Elbow of the Assiniboine River
GPS:	51d 46.69m N	102d 00.68m W	1376 feet
Location:	5 kms west of the town of Pelly and 10 kms south.
The elbow of the Assiniboine was an age-old meeting place for the Indians. Only 10 miles from the Swan River, it became strategically important in the fur trade after 1793. Until 1912, one or more trading posts operated at or within a few miles of the elbow. The Hudson's Bay Company operated Marlboro House, 1793, and Albany House No. 1, 1795 - 98, about a mile south of here. Both had competing North West Company posts alongside. Forts Hibernia No. 1, 1807, and Pelly No. 1, 1824 - 56, of the Hudson's Bay Company stood a quarter of a mile east from here. Trails from Fort Qu'Appelle and Fort Ellice forded the river near here. The Hudson's Bay Company stern-wheeler 'Marquette' occasionally steamed this far from Fort Garry.