Robert Campbell Highway

Km 172 - Frances Lake

Robert Campbell first reached Frances Lake in 1840 and named it after Lady Frances Simpson, wife of the governor of the Hudson's Bay Co. In 1842 he established a trading post (Fort Frances) at the southern end of the lake. This was the first fort built by the company in the Yukon. It was abandoned in 1851 when other trade routes were developed.

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