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In the 1870s, when the Hudson's Bay Company began to use steamboats to carry goods to Fort Carlton and to the increasing number of settlements on the Saskatchewan River, The Pas represented a natural harbour because the Saskatchewan River became deeper there and the width of the Pasquia River provided protection. Several steamboats were constructed at Grand Rapids. The first to arrive at The Pas was the S.S. Northcote in 1874.

The town has many of the same components today as those that created it and caused its growth. Furs, the forest industry, mining, distribution of goods, and government administration have made The Pas a crossroad.

In 1932, the Manitoba Government Air Services took over the Air Forces base at Cormorant Lake. During the war an airport was constructed as a part of a staging system for the U.S. Air Force from Northern California to England on the great circle route and subsequently the bases was used in the construction of the DEW Line and aerial photographic surveys. Also in 1932, the two-storey Post Office was constructed at Fischer Avenue and Second Street.

By the 1940s the beaver had been almost depleted in its northern habitat. Considerable effort was being made by the Department of Natural Resources to conserve and increase the game and fish resources in the north in order to provide a continued livelihood for those dependent on these resources. The government decided to implement a system of registered trap lines as suggested by Harold Wells. The Natural Resources officers stationed at The Pas under the supervision of Gerald Malaher carried out negotiations with the Indian Bands and independent trappers in the north to settle the boundaries of each trappers territory. About the same time rehabilitation work was done in the Saskeram and Summerberry marshes to increase the yield of muskrat pelts. A Fur Advisory Committee was set up which would set the quotas of muskrat and other fur that could be taken. Lucrative fur markets in the U.S.A. encouraged illegal trapping of beaver. Game wardens and the R. C.M.P. vigorously prosecuted the offenders in order to give the new conservation measures a chance to succeed. The fur industry was still an important factor in the north, as it had been since the beginning.



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	The Pas In the 1870s, when the Hudson's Bay Company began to use steamboats to carry goods to Fort Carlton and to the increasing number of settlements on the Saskatchewan River, The Pas represented a natural harbour because the Saskatchewan River became deeper there and the width of the Pasquia River provided protection. Several steamboats were constructed at Grand Rapids. The first to arrive at The Pas was the S.S. Northcote in 1874. The town has many of the same components today as those that created it and caused its growth. Furs, the forest industry, mining, distribution of goods, and government administration have made The Pas a crossroad. In 1932, the Manitoba Government Air Services took over the Air Forces base at Cormorant Lake. During the war an airport was constructed as a part of a staging system for the U.S. Air Force from Northern California to England on the great circle route and subsequently the bases was used in the construction of the DEW Line and aerial photographic surveys. Also in 1932, the two-storey Post Office was constructed at Fischer Avenue and Second Street. By the 1940s the beaver had been almost depleted in its northern habitat. Considerable effort was being made by the Department of Natural Resources to conserve and increase the game and fish resources in the north in order to provide a continued livelihood for those dependent on these resources. The government decided to implement a system of registered trap lines as suggested by Harold Wells. The Natural Resources officers stationed at The Pas under the supervision of Gerald Malaher carried out negotiations with the Indian Bands and independent trappers in the north to settle the boundaries of each trappers territory. About the same time rehabilitation work was done in the Saskeram and Summerberry marshes to increase the yield of muskrat pelts. A Fur Advisory Committee was set up which would set the quotas of muskrat and other fur that could be taken. Lucrative fur markets in the U.S.A. encouraged illegal trapping of beaver. Game wardens and the R. C.M.P. vigorously prosecuted the offenders in order to give the new conservation measures a chance to succeed. The fur industry was still an important factor in the north, as it had been since the beginning.