Last Mountain House Get a glimpse of life at a winter fur trade outpost at this reconstructed 1869 Hudson's Bay Company post. Last Mountain House marks the last days of fur trade in southern Saskatchewan. The era of buffalo hunting and Red River carts soon gave way to homesteads and the railroad. Three reconstructed buildings, a privy and an ice house are used to explain the site's history. And a hike into the coulee illustrates the importance of the natural environment to the post's location.
Staff are on site.
The park is open from July 1 st to Labour Day, Thursday through Sunday. Top Wood Mountain Post Wood Mountain Post's proximity to the United States border determined its role in policing the North West. The North West Mounted Police detachment patrolled the border from 1874 to 1918, regulating whiskey traders, horse thieves and cattle rustlers. In 1877, after the Battle of Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull and 5,000 Sioux fled from the United States to Wood Mountain, and the post became involved in a major international incident. Interpretive staff guide you through two reconstructed building furnished with displays.