Assiniboine River

Discovered by La Vérendrye in 1736. Fort Rouge was built at the mouth of the river in that year, as well as Fort La Reine, near the present city of Portage la Prairie. From the latter fort, two years later, La Vérendrye set forth on his memorable journey to the Mandan Indians on the Mi ouri. Before the close of the century, both the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company had trading establishments at various points on the river. First named Rivière St. Charles; afterwards Rivière des A i lib oil les, and Stone Indian River; finally settling in present form. Bib. : Bryce, A iniboine River and its Forts (R. S. C., 1892); Dawson, Canada and Newfoundland ; Burpee, Search for the Western Sea ; Hind, Canadian Red River and A iniboine and Saskatchewan Expeditions .