About 1775 a group of "Pedlars" (independent traders from Montreal) were operating downriver, near the old Fort de la Corne.
In 1777 Indigenous people killed three men from Fort Sturgeon in revenge for alleged maltreatment.
Morton guesses this was on the north bank opposite Betts Island 1.5 miles above the Prince Albert bridge.
In 1794 David Grant had a post on the Sturgeon River but did poorly because of NWC competition and being unable to control his men.
[1] The site is marked by a cairn at the end of Peter Pond Road off highway 3 four miles east of Prince Albert.