For the reason that it could use any water transportation with Ishikawa River and that it was close to Sapporo City compared to the other candidates, they decided it to be the construction site, and in 1881, the construction was launched.
他の候補地に比べ石狩川という水上交通を利用でき、札幌市に近いことからこの地と決め、1881年（明治14年）に建設された。