The park is 6.76 ha (16.7 acres) in size and consists of cellar depressions and other archaeological remains from the historic post, including the remnants of the marks left by Red River carts on this segment of the Carlton Trail.

[5][6] The post was originally built by Thomas Taylor in September 1852 north of the current park in the "Big" Touchwood Hills[7] and it was part of the Swan River District managed from Fort Pelly.

While it traded in a variety of goods, such as beaver and muskrat fur and buffalo products, such as robes, fresh and dried meat, and pemmican, the main purpose was to acquire and distribute provisions for Hudson's Bay Company operations in the North-West Territories.

In 1882, the Dominion Telegraph line was built alongside the Carlton Trail resulting in an increased importance of the post by making it a communications hub.

It was closed in 1909 due to competition from the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, which was completed nearby the year before.