Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company Stores at Lac La Ronge. Photographed by Annie McKay and Christina Bateman during their journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, Saskatchewan in 1919.

Image of the Hudson's Bay Post at Cumberland House, Saskatchewan; winter scene.

Pat Smith and Ron Smith Jr. in foreground looking at fort; taken by Ron Smith Sr. Summer scene.

Image of the Hudson's Bay store at Cumberland House, Saskatchewan. A large group of people with dogs stand in front of store; winter scene. Names listed on back of photograph: 1. W.G. Meyers, D.R.G., 2. Gov. Dechambault, 3. Mr. [Sring], 4. John Smith, 5. Mr. Height, 6. Mr. Halcro, 7. Mr. Pritchard, 8. Horace Lac Belanger, 9. Francoir Sayers, 10. John Sayers.

Aerial photograph of the remains of the Hudson's Bay Company post at Green Lake, Saskatchewan, built in 1820. Various non-Aboriginal persons standing alongside foundations and mounds, facing camera.

Discusses artists travels with the Hudson Bay Company passing through territories of nearly eighty Indian Tribes from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean. He produced 500 sketches and eventually painting over 100 canvases.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2012.

Review essay on: The True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7 by Treaty 7 Elders and Tribal Council with Walter Hildebrandt, Sarah Carter, and Dorothy First Rider. Bounty and Benevolence: A History of Saskatchewan Treaties by Arthur J. Ray, Jim Miller, and Frank Tough. Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial: History, Land, and Donald Marshall Junior by William C. Wicken.

Examines the relationship between Chief Big Bear and Henry Ross Halpin, a Hudson's Bay Company clerk during the 1885 Riel Resistance, and how Halpin came to Big Bear's defense after he was charged with treason.

Presents reports from the 1963 and 1966 conferences of the Arctic cooperatives. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.

Book review of: The Canadian Fur Trade in the Industrial Age by Arthur J. Ray.

Examines the Indigenous economical participation and impact in the North American fur trade.

Comments on what an invaluable tool for explorers and fur traders the maps were.

Looks at the relationship between the Gwich'in Indians in the Northwest Territories and the Hudson's Bay Company and the use of credit.

Describes the role of the post-confederation treaty-making process in clearing the plains for European settlement. Suggests using for Grade 9 Social Studies. Entire Issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 19.

Describes the conditions of Treaty 5 and the adhesion of several different First Nations. Discusses the process and difficulties of moving to an agriculture or farming-based lifestyle, traditional economies, and the enfranchisement of the Métis through the scrip process. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 92.

Looks at a number of cases in the Canadian courts involving traditional First Nations kinship systems.

Federal government publication relating to Aboriginal life in British Columbia, covering areas such as pre-contact, explorers and traders, colonization, missions, post-Confederation, education and economic development.

Federal government publication relating to Aboriginal life in British Columbia, covering areas such as pre-contact, explorers and traders, colonization, missions, post-Confederation, education and economic development.

Federal government publication relating to Aboriginal life in the Canadian prairie provinces, covering areas such as pre-contact, explorers and traders, colonization, missions, post-Confederation, education and economic development.

Federal government review of Aboriginal life in the prairie provinces, covering areas such as pre-contact, explorers and traders, introduction of the horse, colonization, treaties, missionaries, the Northwest Resistance and education.

Federal government publication relating to Aboriginal life in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, covering areas such as pre-contact, explorers and traders, Confederation to World War I, World War I to World War II, post-war years, missions and education.

Federal government publication relating to Aboriginal life in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, covering areas such as pre-contact, explorers and traders, Confederation to World War I, World War I to World War II, post-war years, missions and education.

Explains the supply of and demand for beaver furs during this time period.

Looks at the strong impact First Nations women had on the era.

Looks at how ideas influence interpretations about Indigenous peoples’ contacts with fur traders in the Canadian Plateau.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1995.

Explains how the authors used Métis genealogy to search for ancestors and trace them back to a French fur trader who lived in the mid-eighteenth century.

History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, 2014.

Uses inventories from Fort Langley and New Caledonia trading posts to analyze the type and quantity of clothing items being purchased.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 1963.

A typed copy of Inspector Francis Dickens's North West Mounted Police journal from Fort Pitt in 1885. Recounts the events of the Resistance, the skirmish and subsequent abandonment of Fort Pitt by Dickens who was in command of the installation when hostilities broke out.

Historical note:

Group photo taken on the grounds of Fort Pitt, NWT. Numbered from L to R: 1. Fire Sky Thunder; 2. Sky Bird (Big Bear's son); 3. Natoose; 4. Napasis; 5. Big Bear; 6. Angus McKay (HBC); 7. Dufrain (HBC cook); 8. L. Goulet; 9. Stanley Simpson (HBC); 10. Alex McDonald; 11. Rowley; 12. Corp. Sleigh (NWMP); 13. Edmond; 14. Henry Dufrain.

Brief history of Inuit art and a look at emerging artists.

Significant events from the 1540s to 2004.

Archaeology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

Discusses small groups of Iroquois who migrated to areas outside their traditional territory, usually due to their employment with the Hudson's Bay Company.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2007.

Looks at the life of James McKay, a fur trader, interpreter, and politician.

A photographic portrait of John Isbister, Orkneyman and employee of the Hudson's Bay Company. John was the father of James Isbister.

Provides a sketch of John Thompson’s life in as an employee of the HBC from his departure from Gravesend on the King George(III) in 1789, to his return to Stromness in the Orkneys in 1795. Entire issue in one .pdf, scroll to page 25.

This diary was written while William McKay was proprietor in the Lake Winnipeg Department of the North West Company. The writer of this journal was exploring the Nelson River to determine the route over which the North West Company wished to transport its goods between the Interior and Hudson's Bay.

This journal, likely written by Simon Fraser (20 May 1776–18 August 1862), covers the trading season from 5 October 1799 to 20 April 1800. The North West Company trader describes the daily life at the fort, including the frequent killing of buffalo for food, and the trade with Indians for furs.

This book is a handwritten copy of William MacGillivray's journals from 9 September 1789 - 13 June 1790; and from about 7 February - 14 June 1793; as well as his letters to Roderic Mckenzie from 21 July 1791 - 20 June 1792. In his writings he describes his travels to such places as Lac d'Orignal, Lac Froid, and on the Beaver River among other locations from Fort Isle a la Crosse and region to Le Pas; as well as to Riviere Maligne, Rat River, and other destinations.