Fort Fraser Named after the explorer Simon Fraser, Fort Fraser is one of the oldest settlements in British Columbia, located on the Yellowhead Highway, west of Prince George. The pioneer roots of the area's history date back to the fur trade, with the establishment here of a fur-trading post in 1806 by Simon Fraser. The town was built 4 kilometres east of the original site of Simon Fraser's fort, and is also the site of the last spike of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, driven on April 7th, 1914. The celebration is commemorated with a plaque marking the spot, and the railway is now the Winnipeg-Prince Rupert line of Canadian National (CN). Fort Fraser was one of the most important trading posts for the Hudson Bay Trading Company for more than one hundred years, before finally closing in 1915. This east end of Fraser Lake is also recorded as the site of the first cultivated land in British Columbia. Today, Fort Fraser is an active community sustained by forestry and tourism.