Fort Whoop-Up is a replica of an original fur trading fort built in the late 1800s. Fort Whoop-Up was the nickname given to a whisky trading post, originally Fort Hamilton, near what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. During the late 19th century, the post served as a centre for trading activities, including the illegal whisky trade. Now It tells the story of the region and the people here from the mid-1860s to the early 1890s.