Hudson's Bay Company
The Death of Barbue, a Kutchin Trading Chief
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shepard Krech
Arctic, vol. 35, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 429-437
Description
Examination of a Hudson Bay journal entry about the treatment for illness and death of Barbue in the summer of 1828 at Fort Good Hope.
Diary of Francis Dickens - Vernon LaChance. - May 1930.
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Vernon LaChance
Francis Dickens
Description
Diary of Inspector Francis Dickens of the Fort Pitt NWMP from 1885; entries from 4 March 1885 - 15 April 1885. Includes a historical introduction and commentary by Vernon LaChance.
Historical note:
The Difficulties of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Penetration of the West
Articles » General
Author/Creator
R. Glover
Saskatchewan History, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, January 1949, pp. 30-32
Description
Discusses the history of the HBC between 1774 (the founding of Cumberland House) and 1821 (the merger between the HBC and the Northwest Company), including: transportation of goods and labour shortages.
Entire Issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30.
Digital Archives Database
Alternate Title
Métis Digital Archive
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Métis Research Lab
University of Ottawa?]
Description
Contains links to thousands of Métis historical documents, personal accounts, genealogical information and Hudson's Bay Company, Census, and Church missionary records.
Digital Archives Database Project
Alternate Title
[Métis] Digital Archives Database Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Adrienne Fleming
Paul Gareau
Katie Pollock
Joseph Arbour
Tim Foran]
Description
Contains three basic datasets: Sacramental Records from the Great Lakes, Red River, and Great Plains, Censuses, 1827-1870, and western north American fur trade documents, 1793-1858. Much, but not all, of the information relates to the Métis.
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Discouraging the Use of a Common Resource: The Crees of Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Harper-Fender
Journal of Economic History, vol. 41, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 163-170
Description
Describes trade network of the Cree peoples with the Hudson's Bay Company, the supply of fur bearing animals, and how the Cree economy declined.
Discussion of the Paper on "Shopping in the Early '80s" / Given by Mr. J. Clinkskill Before the Saskatoon Historical Society.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Discussion of James Clinkskill's paper done in a question / answer format. Clinkskill describes his experiences with the Hudson's Bay Company, conditions in Battleford during and after the Northwest Resistance, scrip and the cattle trade.
[Dr. Russell's A Report on the Sites of Various Forts]
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
[Ralph Russell]
Description
A series of field notes on several historical fur trade forts (mainly from Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan), and the Thunder Bird Stone at Kamsack, SK. Included are Glasgow (Albany) House, Alexandria Fort, Carlton House (original), Marlboro House, Fort Hibernia, Fort Alexandria.
Dr. Russell's Carlton Trail
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ralph Russell
Description
Various historical notes on the Carlton Trail composed by Dr. Ralph Russell. Includes discussion of the trail itself, posts along it, and prominent persons connected with it (such as John Palliser and Gabriel Dumont).
Duel at Ile-à-la’Crosse
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Arthur
Saskatchewan History, vol. 27, no. 2, Spring, 1974, pp. [41]-50
Description
Article examines several historical documents and first-hand accounts in an attempt to piece together a sword duel, and preceding events, at Fort Chipewyan between a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), employee, James McVicar, and a North West Company (NWC) employee, Hector McNeil.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 41.
Early Days in the Hudson's Bay Coy
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Reginald Bird Beatty
Description
This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary describes how Beatty and a small crew taking a small group of people from Cumberland House to Grand Rapids and the difficulties encountered, including stormy river travel and the scourge of mosquitoes. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'
Historical note:
Educational Policy of the Hudson’s Bay Company
Articles » General
Author/Creator
M.P. Toombs
Saskatchewan History, vol. 4, no. 1, Winter, 1951, pp. 1-10
Description
Describes steps taken by the HBC and its agents to provide a formal education to the children of the Red River Settlement and the communities surrounding it.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
Ethnohistorical Geography and Aboriginal Rights Litigation in Canada: Memoir of an Expert Witness
Alternate Title
Wiley Lecture, 3 June 2010, Regina, Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur J. Ray
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 55, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. 397-406
Description
Author discusses testimony he has given in treaty rights harvesting cases and land claims cases he has testified for and the outcomes.
Examining Patterns of Food Exchange and Dependency at Moose Fort, 1783-1785
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Ruten
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at flow of foodstuffs between Hudson's Bay Company men and the James Bay Cree who lived near the Fort. Argues that traders were consistently reliant upon provisions supplied by Indigenous trappers, hunters, and fishers.
"Expectations of Grease & Provisions": The Circulation and Regulation of Fur Trade Foodstuffs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie Ritchie
Eighteenth-Century Life, vol. 23, no. 2, May 1999, pp. 124-142
Description
Discussion of class and race with regard to provision of foodstuffs in the North-West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company.
Experiences Conducting a Store in the '80's.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Clinkskill
Description
This article describes James Clinkskill's arrival, with a business partner, in Battleford in the early 1880s . Also lists prices for furs of fox, lynx and other animals. Also contains mention of the Northwest Resistance, 'halfbreed freighters', trading with trappers and traders for furs and with Indians for seneca root, and providing flour for the Indian Department.
Explore Presents the Hudson's Bay Company: Part 1: Waskaganish
Alternate Title
The Rise of the Métis
Explore: A Canadian Geographic Podcast
Early Explorers
The Royal Charter
Blankets and Moccasins
Treasures of the Fur Trade
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
David McGuffin
Description
Podcast series about the history of the company.
Fantasies of Sovereignty: Deconstructing British and Canadian Claims to Ownership of the Historic North-West
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Gaudry
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 1, 2016, pp. 46-74
Description
"This article demonstrates that Canada's political claims to ownership over the North-West lay in problematic claims of sovereignty made by British and Canadian explorers, politicians, and businessmen, using language of discovery and sovereignty to obscure Indigenous governance already in practice".
The Far North
E-Books
Author/Creator
C.W. Mathers
Description
This book contains photographs of people and places in the Canadian Far North, taken while Mathers was "on a trip from Edmonton to the mouth of the MacKenzie River". There are a number of images of "Esquimaux" wearing traditional clothing and stone lip ornaments, as well as of Native people carrying out tasks at various forts along the Athabasca and Slave Rivers.
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty No. 5 in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Alternate Title
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty #5 in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty 5 in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty Five in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty No. Five in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
Raoul J. McKay
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1991.
Fivecentsiapik: The Little Five Cents
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marybelle Mitchell
Peter Murdoch
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 51-57
Description
Interview with Peter Murdoch regarding his work with the Hudson's Bay Company and his involvement in incorporating a cooperative for the people of Povungnituk.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 51.
A Forest of Family Trees: Rupert's Land Roots in Western Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Brown
Canadian Issues, New Frontiers in Our History: 100 Years of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Confederation, Winter, 2005, pp. 25-27
Description
Explores the relationships between Aboriginal women and HBC employees and the resulting expanded families of offspring.
To access article scroll to p. 25
Fort Battleford National Historic Park. - Pamphlet. - 1956.
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
National Parks Branch
Description
A brief guide to the history and buildings comprising Fort Battleford, located at Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Historical note:
Fort Battleford, built in 1876 and in use until 1924, was the sixth Northwest Mounted Police fort to be established in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.