Hudson's Bay Company

2 photographs of Fort Carlton in winter from the late 1800s. Taken before the Fort was burned down in 1885.

Photograph. Caption: Treaty Six negotiations were held at a traditional camping area, known to the Cree as the "waiting place", near Fort Carlton. From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

A brief guide to Fort Carlton Historic Park, located near Duck Lake, SK, where an important scene of battle took place during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

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Fort Carlton was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trade post from 1810 until 1885. As a Company post it primarily dealt in provisions, namely pemmican and buffalo robes although other furs were traded as well.

A detailed guide to Fort Carlton Historic Park, located near Duck Lake, SK, and was an important scene of battle during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

Newspaper clipping of image or sketch of Fort Carlton, located near Duck Lake, Saskatchewan.

Using the archival journals from the years 1832-36, 1857-58, and 1863-64 the article describes some of the history and operations of the fur trade post, which was built by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) following its merger with the North West Company (NWC) in 1821. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.

Photocopied page showing a sketch of Fort Pelly in 1876. [From Canadian Geographic Journal, n.d.]

A photograph of Fort Pelly trading post in 1887. Two non-Aboriginal couples are posing for photo, standing on top of the new plank fence palisade.

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Fort Pelly was located at the Indian Elbow of the Assiniboine River located eight miles south-west of the site of the present village of Pelly. Fort Pelly was built in 1824 by the Hudson's Bay Company. The high palisade fence that surrounded the Fort in 1872 has been replaced by a plank fence in this photo.

Image of Fort Pitt with tent and foliage in foreground, Fort Pitt in background.

A photograph of the site of Fort Pitt taken in 1947. It was the Hudson Bay trading post on the North Saskatchewan River between Battleford and Edmonton that was looted and burned by Plains Cree warriors during the 1885 resistance. The depression next to the river on the right is where the NWMP were allowed to leave the Fort on a scow and float downriver to Battleford.

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A detailed history and guide to Fort Pitt Historic Park, located near present-day Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Fort Pitt was an important scene of battle during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

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Photocopied page showing a sketch of Fort Qu'Appelle in 1876. Photocopied page from The Beaver, March 1935, p. 20.

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The town of Fort Qu'Appelle, SK, is located in the Qu'Appelle Valley 70 km NE of Regina between Echo and Mission Lakes. Fort Qu'Appelle was the crossroads of a number of historic trails that traversed the North-West Territories. The Hudson's Bay Company built a post at Fort Qu'Appelle in 1864.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2012.

Image of Red River carts and oxen in background. A Metis man sits atop a cart. [Fort Smith] buildings in far background; summer scene.

Copies of pages in the Register of Land Purchases from Indians and additional pages recording other agreements made by the Hudson's Bay Company in Nanaimo and Fort Rupert, which were also known as the Douglas treaties.

Reminiscences of W.J. Carter on life in the early Canadian North-west. Includes a wealth of material on First Nations, the Northwest Resistance, Metis (French and English), and early European settlement in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

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W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).

Briefly looks at the evolution of colonization throughout Inuit history and the potential for individual and collective healing.

This folder contains original and photocopied newspaper clippings which cover the main passages of an address given by Commissioner A.B Perry of the North West Mounted Police as they were printed in the Regina Morning Leader. The topics include many reflecting Native-newcomer relations.

This book is a handwritten copy of a journal kept by W.F. Wentzell while he was stationed at Grand Marais on the Peace River in the North West Company's Athabasca Department. In the journal, he refers to 'Forsyth's Potties', XY Company traders, the English Chief and other individual Indians; to the Beaver Indians, Cree and Montagnais. This journal offers a description of the interactions between traders and Natives, including the use of rum as a trading agent.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2014.

Book review of: From Lac La Ronge Country by Graham A. MacDonald.

Focuses on the experiences of women and children who accompanied officials who chose to retire to Ontario.

Highlights some of the most important facts in the history of Métis resistance consulting both historiographic accounts and literary texts. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.

This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary relates to travelling in The Pas, Manitoba area using dogsleds. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

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This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary relates to Beatty's first trip west of Fort Garry in 1874, travelling by dog sled. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

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Describes the contributions of the various First Nations of British Columbia who worked as trappers, cooks, packers, guides and postal carriers in the mid 1800s.

Book review of: The Fur Issue: Cultural Continuity Economic Opportunity. Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development by Stan Schellenberger

Discusses economics of the fur trade and missionary activity.

Describes the thriving fur industry in the Montreal region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Website includes history, the bourgeois, the voyageurs, role of Aboriginal women, North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company, virtual tour, image gallery, and activities.

[History] Thesis, (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1988.

"This paper introduces the concept of fur trade colonialism as something that is separate to settler colonialism". Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.

Book review of: Fur Trade Letters of Willie Traill 1864-1894 edited by K. Douglas Munro.

Book review of: Fur Trade Posts of the Northwest Territories: 1870-1970 by Peter J. Usher.

Former employee of Hudson's Bay Company presented the paper in 1935 describing conditions in trading and outposts of the North.

Book review of: Fur Trade Wars, The Founding of Western Canada by J. M. Bumstead.

Brief article contains an illustration of a smoke tanned moose and caribou hide jacket produced in northern Manitoba.

Document listing books with illustrations and diagrams of Saskatchewan fur trading posts. Forts include Pelly and Touchwood Hills, Fort Qu'Appelle, Fort Ellice, For Walsh and Fort Carlton.

Discusses the early economic structure of the area before the Klondike Gold Rush and the impact of Aboriginal-European contact.

Inquiry into the circumstances which culminated in the confrontation known as the Battle of Seven Oaks.

This out-of-print book was digitized according to a copyright agreement with the author. Ms. Pachano also requested that the original Epilogue not be digitized but has provided a revised 2011 Epilogue instead.