Carlton Trail Traditional Cache
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The Carlton Trail was the first known overland route to connect Hudson Bay trading posts. The Trail originated in Winnipeg, ran to Fort Carlton, which had been built in 1910, and on to Edmonton. The Trail, following a route that might have been originally established by the Metis, followed the Assiniboine River to Fort Ellice in Manitoba, entered Saskatchewan near Melville, ran roughly along present day Highway 15 in to the Touchwood Hills, and arched north to brush Wynyard and Big Quill Lake on its way to Humboldt and Wakaw, Batoche, Fort Carlton and Edmonton.
The Red River Cart, an all wood-and-hide conveyance for transporting goods, was easy to repair and made the Carlton Trail a viable route for fur traders, soldiers and settlers. The carts were light, could be pulled by one animal, and could carry a tonne of cargo.
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