Brandon House

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Brandon House was the first fur-trading post or posts of the Hudson's Bay Company on the southern prairies, operating from 1793 to 1824 during the Assiniboine River fur trade.^[1]

It was located at several places on the north bank of the Assiniboine River between Brandon, Manitoba, and the mouth of the Souris River, about 21 miles southeast of Brandon in what is now the Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress.^[1] Because of its location near the Souris River, it was a center for trade with the Mandans in North Dakota.

It was moved four times and there were related forts nearby. The first post was abandoned by 1811 in favour of other nearby sites, including the Brandon House No. 4 site several miles to the northwest.^[1]