Buckingham House (fur-trade post)

Buckingham House (HBC) and Fort George (NWC) were two trading posts on the North Saskatchewan River near Elk Point, Alberta, from 1792 to 1800.

Sixty to eighty men and an almost equal number of women and children inhabited Fort George.

By 1800 the local beaver had declined so much that the post was abandoned in favor of Fort de l'Isle 20 miles upriver.

Shortly after Angus Shaw made the move to the new location in 1792, William Tomison of the Hudson's Bay Company arrived with 28 men in October 1792.

The post, originally called Moose Hills, was set up to directly compete with Fort George of the North West Company.