A place of ox carts, Hudson’s Bay forts, bison robes, and a major fur trade hub. As trading houses, borders, languages, and people came and went, the “place of the pembina berry” has remained a site of cultural mixing. Pembina’s vibrant context even gave rise to a new ethnicity, the Métis, who melded American Indian and European cultures. And after trading giants like the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Northwest Company left the area in the early 1800s, the Métis made the fur trade their own. Explore the lives of the Métis and the other diverse peoples who have made this gateway of commerce between Canada and the U.S. home.

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