The main part of the park is located at the junction of Fir, Red Deer, and Etomami Rivers and features camping, golfing, baseball diamonds, picnicking, hiking, fishing, and cross-country ski trails. The park also features Red Deer Downs, a natural amphitheatre known as "The Bowl", and a gun range.
The campground has over 40 sites for camping (some with electricity), washrooms, showers, potable water, and a sani-dump station.[4][5]
The golf course, Hudson Bay Golf Club, is a 9-hole, grass green course. It was built in 1971 and is a par 35 with 2,617 yards.[6]
Fort Red Deer River or Fort Rivière la Biche was a North West Company trading post on the Red Deer River near the town of Hudson Bay. It was founded in 1794 by Hugh McGillis, and its date of closure is uncertain. Elizabeth Losey places it at the mouth of the Etomami River in the Hudson Bay Regional Park. There is a provincial marker at the ball diamonds marking the spot.[12]
In 1774, Matthew Cocking[13] described two trading posts on the Red Deer River. The Lower Settlement was located on a flat just upriver of Red Deer Lake, while the Upper Settlement was located 60 miles upriver of the lake. The Upper Settlement likely became Fort Red Deer River. Ruins from both settlements were found by Joseph Tyrrell in 1889.[14]
The great explorer, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, considered this fort to be one of the three chief trading posts of the Lake Manitoba district. The trading post sat at the approximate intersection of the Assiniboine tribes to the south, and the Swampy Cree tribes to the north.[14]
"Camping". Town of Hudson Bay. Retrieved 30 November 2021. Elizabeth Browne Losey (1999). Let Them be Remembered: The Story of the Fur Trade Forts. p. 211.
Hudson Bay & District Cultural Society (1982). Valley Echoes: Life Along the Red Deer River Basin. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Inter-Collegiate Press.
"Hudson Bay". Sask Regional Parks. Retrieved 30 November 2021.