Father Morice's Fort Description
"The Hudson Bay company's forts in New Caledonia consisted of quadrilateral enclosures, or an
area varying according to the importance of the place, built of stout upright logs, flanked by two bastions at
the farthest angles. these were square, tower like buildings, furnished each with a small cannon and a stand
of large muskets.
The palisade, which was from fifteen to eighteen feet high, admitted of no chinks
between its component parts, and was provided with a large, heavy gate in front of the fort, and a smaller
one on the opposite side. The front gate had a wicket for every day use, and the whole was make of the most
solid material. Inside of the palisade, and continuous thereto, ran a gallery about four feet below the
top of the same, which facilitated communication between the two bastions.
Within the enclosure were the quarters of the servants, generally a very long building with many
partitions, the store, salmon shed and meat house, residence of the officer in charge, and his clerk, etc."
Morice, Adrien Gabriel
The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia
Interior Starionary Ltd.
1978
Page 113
368 p.p.
