The area surrounding the mouth of the Nelson River is known as Port Nelson, a ghost town that once had approximately 1,000 people. It was also one of the western most regions of the #BeaverWars between Indigenous nations with different factions supported by the British and French in pursuit of more beaver belts.

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Port Nelson, Manitoba - Wikipedia

The #BeaverWars (#Mohawk: Tsianì kayonkwere), also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars (French: Guerres franco-iroquoises), were a series of conflicts fought intermittently during the 17th century in North America throughout the Saint Lawrence River valley in Canada and the Gre