Fort Dauphin, was built in 1741 near Winnipegosis, Manitoba with Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye in charge of constuction. The area, reached from Fort La Reine, would provide a post located between the Assiniboine River and the Saskatchewan River. A second Fort Dauphin was built in 1767 on the north shore of Lake Dauphin giving both the fort and the lake the same name. This fort was built by French free traders after the era of the western commanders. As with many of the forts of the times, names were kept the same and locations were changed to facilitate trade and to obtain a better physical location. The Assiniboine River is a river 1070 km long that runs through the prairies of western Canada. ... The Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada, approximately 550 km (340 mi) long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to drain into Lake Winnipeg. ...
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