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Geographies of the Lower Skeena

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Clayton
BC Studies, no. 94, The Historical Geography of British Columbia, Summer, 1992, pp. 29-58
Focuses on how Coast Tsimshian were viewed by missionaries, government officials and traders and geographical settings.
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Grave Found in Association with La Loche House

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Don Steer
On information card: Grave found in association with La Loche House with a Hudson's Bay Fort. Principle features are the cross at the head of the grave and a picket wood fence. Methy Portage, SK.
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The Great Trek

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Reginald Bird Beatty
This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary describes his journey from his homestead in the Carrot River area to Troy (later Qu'Appelle Station) for supplies in late February 1886, a round trip of 300 miles. Also included is a description of the courtship between one of Beatty's travel companions and the local schoolteacher. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

Historical note:

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The Gros Ventres and the Canadian Fur Trade 1754-1831

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Schilz
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 1, Winter, 1988, pp. 41-56
History of the Gros Ventres both benefiting from and being suspicious of the English fur trade.
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H.B.C. Freight Canoe

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A Hudson's Bay Company freight canoe travelling close to shore. Five men paddling and steering, two children seated. Rocks in foreground. Location unknown; possibly British Columbia.
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H.B.C. Men

Images » Photographs
Four Hudson's Bay Company men dressed for winter travel (snowshoes, sled and sled dog). Kitwanga, BC, buildings in background.
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H.B.C. Store

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Photograph of the Hudson's Bay Company store in Rankin Inlet, [NU].
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H. B. Co. Onion Lake

Images » Photographs
Image of a cluster of buildings in Onion Lake, [North West Territories], Various people standing with horses or seated in front of buildings, and one person is seated in a horse-drawn wagon.
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Haida - Booklet. - 1952.

Alternate Title
British Columbia Heritage Series. Series 1, Our Native Peoples ; vol. 4
Social Studies Bulletin
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Provincial Archives [of British Columbia]
Booklet relating to the Haida people of northern coastal BC, describing various aspects of Haida culture such as daily subsistence, spirituality, shamanism, family life and legends.
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HBC Manager William McKay

Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Photograph. Caption: "Local HBC manager William McKay left the safety of the fort to meet with the Cree. When he told a group of Indians to leave his store, they did so--without a word of protest". From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
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Historic Site Marker near Dilke, SK

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Author/Creator
T.R. Melville-Ness
Historic site marker and Red River Cart near Dilke, SK. Marks a trail developed by the Hudson's Bay Company in the mid nineteenth century.
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Historic Trails

Documents & Presentations
Two maps showing historic trails and trading posts of Saskatchewan.
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History of Education in the Baffin Region, 1950-75

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David King
The Quint, vol. 4, no. 4, 2012, pp. 5-24
Comments on teaching the same curriculum to students in northern Canada as southern Canada and the arising difficulties. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 5.
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History of Indian Policy

Alternate Title
Background Paper (Indian and Eskimo Affairs) ; no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Indian and Northern Canada
Policy Planning and Research
This paper covers subjects such as early administration of Aboriginals in Canada, the development of an Indian Policy by Confederation in 1867, the 1951 Indian Act, and the implementation of the White Paper in 1969.
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'Home' Placed: Old Swan Imagines an 'Edmonton' (in an Empire), 1794-1815

Alternate Title
Culture and the State ; v. 2
Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tolly Bradford
pp. 81-91
Discusses the introduction of the fur trade in Southern Alberta and the role of the Siksika leader. Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 81.
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“The House in Buffalo Country”: Hudson House on the North Saskatchewan River, 1778-1787

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry Green
Saskatchewan History, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 30-39
Article examines the aspects of the fur trade that led to the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) building Hudson House; describes the day to day life in the HBC’s second trading post, and the way residents interacted with surrounding communities. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 30.
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Housing the Homeguard at Moose Factory: 1730-1982

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Judd
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 23-37
Traces the historical and social aspects of a housing site initially built by employees of the Hudson Bay Company post, which became a Metis settlement.
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[Hudson's Bay Company Archive Digitized Microfilm]

Web Sites » Organizations

Contains links to over 10,000 volumes of the pre-1870 records from almost 500 Hudson's Bay Company posts, including post journals, incoming and outgoing correspondence and accounts, and records kept at districts and departments overseeing the post activity which include lists of servants, accounts, reports, engagement registers, abstracts of servants’ accounts and minutes of council.

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Hudson's Bay Company Archives

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Archives of Manitoba
"The Hudson's Bay Company Archives (HBCA), a division of the Archives of Manitoba, is home to one of Canada's national treasures - the records of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC)."
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The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada West, and the Indian Tribes

Alternate Title
Peel's Prairie Provinces ; 334
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aborigines' Protection Society
Presents series of extracts from various publications supporting the Aborigine's Protection Society sense of justice towards Indigenous issues and the rise of the Hudson's Bay Company.
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Hudson's Bay Company postcard : "His Majesty's Northern Subjects"

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company postcard featuring Inuit carrying goods ashore. Caption on back reads: "At Hudson's Bay Company posts in the Eastern Arctic supplies come only once a year. The Eskimos help carry cases of goods ashore, and load the Nascopie with the winter's fur catch". Also includes inscription which reads: "Churchill 1948. Bought this card in Churchill" and "Nascopie founded 1907".
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