- Address
- Corner of Wallace and Water Streets
- Type
- Trading Post
- Designated
- 1925
Fort Hope
Corner of Wallace and Water Streets, Hope
About Fort Hope
Canada counts Fort Hope among Hope’s 2 National Historic Sites. The register gives 1848 for Fort Hope. Within 400 m there is one more historic place.
Fort Hope National Historic Site of Canada is situated in the town of Hope in southern British Columbia. In 1848-49 a Hudson’s Bay post surrounded by a stockade was constructed here facing the Fraser River. There are now no known remaining resources associated with the site of Fort Hope. Located at 211 Wallace Street the designated site occupies 0.6 hectares and currently comprises a small block of commercial buildings and parking lots. The Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada cairn commemorating Fort Hope stands a short distance from the site on the bank of the Fraser River, at the corner of Wallace and Walter Street. Official recognition refers to the approximate location of the former fort in the town of Hope, BC.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Fort Hope National Historic Site of Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada · in the register’s words, not edited
National Historic Site status comes on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Hope · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Fort HopeStart here
- 2Christ ChurchNational Historic Site · 300 m on
1 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Fort Hope
Is Fort Hope protected?
National Historic Site status commemorates; legal protection, where there is any, comes from the province or municipality, or from federal ownership.
Can you visit Fort Hope?
Yes from the outside; whether it opens its doors is for its owner to say.
What is Fort Hope?
Canada named Fort Hope a National Historic Site in 1925.
When was Fort Hope built?
Work on Fort Hope is recorded as 1848.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).