When was Winnipeg established?

Winnipeg is the capital of Manitoba in Canada.

The first Europeans arrived in the area in 1738. Sieur de la V茅rendrye built the first fur trading post on the site (Fort Rouge) which was ultimately abandoned. Many other posts were also built in the Red River region. Fort Gibraltar was built by the North West Company in 1809 and Fort Douglas was built by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1812. The two companies fought fiercely over trade in the area and each destroyed some of the other's forts over the course of several battles. In 1821, Hudson's Bay and North West Companies ended their long rivalry with a merger. Fort Gibraltar, within the site of present-day Winnipeg, was renamed Fort Garry in 1822 and became the leading post in the region for the Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company. Fort Garry was destroyed in an 1826 flood, and rebuilt in 1835. It played a small role in fur trading, but remained the residence of the Governor of the company for many years, and became a part of the major first colony and settlement in Western Canada.

It became a City in 1874.

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