page_title: Peter Fidler
section_title: Recognition
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Fidler / Recognition
caption_attribution_description: English: Located at the north end of Elk Point, Alberta on Highway 41 is the Carved Statue of Hudson’s Bay Surveyor Peter Fidler 32 feet high by 8 feet wide Carved with Chain Saw by Herman Poulin for Elk Point’s 1992 Bicentennial Project of the Fort.
context_page_description: Peter Fidler was a British surveyor, map-maker, fur trader and explorer who had a long career in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company in what later became Canada. He was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England and died at Fort Dauphin in present-day Manitoba. He married Mary Mackagonne, a Cree woman, and together they had 14 children.
context_section_description: Fidler Point on Lake Athabasca is named for Fidler. There is a large carved monument to Fidler at Elk Point, Alberta and a monument to his legacy at Fort Dauphin created by the Manitoba Land Surveyors.  In his home town of Bolsover, there is a local nature reserve containing a monumental cairn named after him.
caption: Peter Fidler plaque Elk Point, Alberta
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