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HISTORY Archaeological evidence indicates that there is a long history of human habitation in the Fort Babine area. When the first Europeans arrived, there was at least a summer village in this location -- and there may possibly have been full-time occupants. The first Hudson's Bay Company post was established further down the lake in 1822. Fort Kilmaurs, a.k.a. Fort Babine and later Old Fort, was eventually closed and the H.B.C. moved to the northern tip of the lake to establish a new Fort Babine. This happened in the 1840s. The H.B.C. store closed in the 1970s, but the native community remained. A direct road link to the community was finally established in the 1980s, as well as the supply of electricity. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS The people of Fort Babine are employed in several resource-based sectors. Silviculture and forestry offer seasonal employment, as does the nearby Babine Salmon Project. Year-round employment is available at the Fort Babine Fish Hatchery. Several community members are also employed by the Lake Babine Nation in various capacities. Nevertheless, unemployment or underemployment, as in many reserve communities, remains a concern. |
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