South East Corner
When viewing the area surrounding the fort you will notice that the landscape looks fairly bleak. Outside of the obvious that the trees in the area would have been used up long ago, you will find that if you examine other early photographs of the city, there were very few trees to be seen at all. This area was truly a sea of grass (and swamp). Our beautifully treed city is a result of city planning and planting rather than by natures way. Where did the material from the walls end up? For those of us who can remember that far back, there were a set of large apartment blocks with a courtyard located on the northwest corner of Broadway and Main Street known as Fort Garry Court. Its believed that the stones from the walls were used in the construction of these impressive buildings (a similar style can still be seen on some of the older blocks on Broadway Avenue).  Back
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1878 the fort was no longer the centre of commerce and as such no longer
that important. By contrast, the land the fort occupied, had become very
valuable, and as such, concern for the condition of the fort was not a
high priority. 
As
seen in this photograph the stone walls and bastions have already been
removed. The building in the immediate foreground is the liquor store which
was located just outside the south wall. Just behind the liquor store is
the general store and then the Chief Factor's residence.