End of An Era

Complete excavation of the archaeological remains would require careful consideration and evaluation. In 1967, an accurate replica of Fort Whoop-Up was constructed at Indian Battle Park in the river valley that divides the modern city of Lethbridge. A cooperative project funded by the Kinsmen Club of Lethbridge in partnership with city, provincial and federal governments.

The operation was handed over in 1973 The Fort Whoop-Up Interpretive Society exists to interpret the interaction of the two cultures at the Fort and to preserve the original site, artefacts and history of the era.  These Forts and Posts were the first permanent structures in Southern Alberta. Today little remains other than myths, legends and names of the forts, the people who traded there and the men who manned them.