North West Company
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer E. Jameson
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2007.
The Journal of Duncan M'Gillivray of the North West Company at Fort George on the Saskatchewan, 1794-5, with an Introduction … by Arthur S. Morton
E-Books
Author/Creator
Duncan M'Gillivray
Journal of Larocque from the Assiniboine to the Yellowstone, 1805
Alternate Title
Publications of the Canadian Archives, No. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
François Antoine Larocque
The Journals of Cumberland House
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alex R. Cameron
Saskatchewan History, vol. 6, no. 1, Winter, 1953, pp. 31-34
Description
Describes the establishment of Cumberland House, the Hudson Bay Company’s (HBC) first inland post, as a shift in company policy, allowing it to better compete with the North-West Company (NWC).
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 31.
Locating Ambivalence: "New Light" on the Imperial Allegory of Alexander Henry the Younger in Canada's Fur Trade
Theses
Author/Creator
Orion Victor Atkinson
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Acadia University, 2000.
Manitoba: Its Infancy, Growth, and Present Condition
E-Books
Author/Creator
[George] Bryce
Material Histories: Scots and Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian Fur Trade
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Arts & Humanities Research Council
University of Aberdeen
Description
Looks at the four hundred year time frame in which men left their homes in Scotland to work for the fur trading businesses in North America.
Material Histories: Scots and Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian Fur Trade: Family Life
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Arts & Humanities Research Council
University of Aberdeen
Description
Looks at the relationship between Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) employees and Aboriginal peoples which happened even though HBC’s officials tried to stop any familiarity.
Material Histories: Scots and Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian Fur Trade: Working Life
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Arts & Humanities Research Council
University of Aberdeen
Description
Shows the working conditions encountered by men in the fur trade.
Memorandum in Support of an Address to Her Majesty from the Inhabitants of Red River Settlement, Praying to be Formed Into A Crown Colony
Alternate Title
The Red River Settlement. Memorandum to His Grace, the Duke of Buckingham, Secretary of State for the Colonies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Red River Settlement Inhabitants
Description
Reviews the history of the settlement as a means of arguing that it should be purchased by the government from the Hudson's Bay Company and therefore become a colony.
A Métis Métier: Transportation in Rupert's Land
Theses
Author/Creator
James McKillip
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2005.
The Monopoly System of Wildlife Management of the Indians and the Hudson's Bay Company in the Early History of British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georgiana Ball
BC Studies, no. 66, Summer, 1985, pp. 37-58
Description
Looks at various tribal land tenure systems as well as fish and wildlife management practices in British Columbia.
A Mother and Father of Pembina: A NWC Voyageur Meets the Granddaughter of The Buffaloe
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth Swan
Edward A. Jerome
Papers of the Algonquian Conference, vol. 32, 2001, pp. [527]-551
Description
Highlights the life of a North West Company voyageur and his Indigenous wife that bore Métis children.
A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries of North America, Since the Connexion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company, and His Attempt to Establish a Colony on the Red River; With a Detailed Account of His Lordship's Military Expedition to, and Subsequent Proceedings at Fort William, in Upper Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Samuel Hull Wilcocke
Narrative Respecting the Destruction of the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement upon Red River, in the Year 1815
E-Books
Author/Creator
Archibald MacDonald
Narratives of John Pritchard, Pierre Chrysologue Pambrun, and Frederick Damien Heurter, Respecting the Aggressions of the North-West Company, against the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement upon Red River
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pierre Chrysologue Pambrun
John Pritchard
Frederick Damien Heurter
The National Policy, the Department of the Interior and Original Settlers: Land Claims of the Metis, Green Lake, Saskatchewan 1909-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
John P. Thornton
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Saskatchewan, 1997.
Native Sons of Rupert's Land 1760 to the 1860s
Theses
Author/Creator
Denise Fuchs
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manitoba, 2000.
New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company, and of David Thompson, Official Geographer of the Same Company 1799-1814: Exploration and Adventure Among Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia Rivers [Vol.III]
Alternate Title
Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume lll
Manuscript Journals of Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume III
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alexander Henry
David Thompson
Description
Index and maps.
New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest : The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company and of David Thompson, Official Geographer of the Same Company 1799-1814: Exploration and Adventure Among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia Rivers [Vol. I]
Alternate Title
Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume I
Manuscript Journals of Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume I
The Red River of the North
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alexander Henry
David Thompson
New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: the Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company and of David Thompson, Official Geographer of the Same Company 1799-1814: Exploration and Adventure Among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia Rivers [Vol.II]
Alternate Title
Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume II
Manuscript Journals of Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume II
The Saskatchewan and Columbia Rivers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alexander Henry
David Thompson
Elliott Coues
A New Nation: The Métis
Alternate Title
People and Stories of Canada to 1867
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Michele Visser-Wikkerink]
[E. Leigh Syms]
Description
Chapter 9 of People and Stories of Canada to 1867 by Michele Visser-Wikkerink and E. Leigh Syms. Recommended by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth as a Manitoba Grade 5 Social Studies learning resource.
North of Athabasca: Slave Lake and Mackenzie River Documents of the North West Company, 1800–1821
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Carolyn Podruchny
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 83, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 437-439
Description
Book review of: North of Athabasca edited by Lloyd Keith.
North of Athabasca: Slave Lake and Mackenzie River Documents of the North West Company, 1800-1821
Alternate Title
Rupert's Land Record Society Series ; 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Porter
John Thompson
W. R. Wentzel
Alexander McKenzie
Alexander Henry
Georg Keith
The North West Company
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marjorie Wilkins Campbell
The North West Company
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in History ; vol. VII
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gordon Charles Davidson
The Northern Great Plains: Pantry of the Northwestern Fur Trade, 1774–1885
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur J. Ray
Prairie Forum, vol. 9, no. 2, Fall, 1984, pp. 263-280
Description
Explores the early history of the fur trade and the provisions trading system in the Northern Great Plains.
Northwest Changes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Kerri Martin]
Description
Power point looks at how the conflict between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Northwest Company influenced events in the Red River Settlement which ultimately led to the Battle of Seven Oaks.
Norway House: A Brief History: From Its Beginnings to Treaty Adhesions in 1908
E-Books
Author/Creator
Raymond M. Beaumont
Notes and Comments on Harmon’s Journal 1800-1820
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Bryce
D.W. Harmon
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 9, Series 1, December 13, 1883, p. [?]
Description
Author of journal was employed in the fur trade by the North West Company.
Notices on the Claims of The Hudson's Bay Company: To Which is Added, a Copy of Their Royal Charter
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Samuel Gale]
Description
Attributed to Samuel Gale--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Ojibwe Women and Maple Sugar Production in Anishinaabewakiing and the Red River Region, 1670-1873
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Deborah Wade
Description
History Thesis (PHD) -- University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2021.
On the Origin and Progress of the North-West Company of Canada, with a History of the Fur Trade, ...
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nathaniel Atcheson
L'Ouest Canadian, sa découverte par le Sieur de la Vérendrye, son exploitation par les compagnies de Traiteurs jusqu'à l'année 1822
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
George Stewart
Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1897, pp. 47-50
Description
Book review of L'Ouest Canadian, sa découverte par le Sieur de la Vérendrye by L'Abbé G. Dugas.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 47.
The Pine Island Posts, 1786-1794: A Study of Competition in the Fur Trade
Theses
Author/Creator
John Stewart Nicks
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1975.
Plains Indian Reactions to the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John C. Ewers
Montana, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1966, pp. 2-12
Description
Comments on the reactions of the meetings between Native Americans and the explorers and the importance these interactions were to future relations.
Postscript to the Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement upon the Red River, in North America.
E-Books
Author/Creator
[John Halkett]
Description
"Attributed to John Halkett--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints."
Reconstituting the Fur Trade Community of the Assiniboine Basin, 1793 to 1812
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret L. Clarke
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Winnipeg/University of Manitoba, 1997.
The Red-Assiniboine Junction: A Land Use and Structural History, 1770-1980
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rodger Guinn
no. 355
Red River Colony: A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba
Alternate Title
Chronicles of Canada ; vol. 21
Chronicles of Canada ; pt. VI: Pioneers of the North and West
E-Books
Author/Creator
Louis Aubrey Wood
Red River Rendezvous
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julijana Capone
The Beaver, vol. 90, no. 1, February/March 2010, p. 27
Description
Description of the annual event, Festival du Voyageur, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba's French Quarter to celebrate the fur trade era.
Report of Trials in the Courts of Canada, Relative to the Destruction of the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement on the Red River; with Observations
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Andrew] Amos
Description
Individuals on trial had participated in the Battle of Seven Oaks.
Rivalry in the Fur Trade, An Excerpt from Simpson's Athabasca Journal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Simpson
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 3, no. 3, April 1958, p. [?]
Description
Entry from October 19th, 1820 concerning Fort Wedderburn and the close proximity of the rival North West Company's post.
Saving David Thompson
Articles » General
Author/Creator
D'Arcy Jenish
Canada's History, vol. 90, no. 2, 2010, pp. 41-44
Description
Brief profile of David Thompson's work as a trader, explorer, map-maker and writer and discussion of the latest, affordable editions of his writings.
The Scotsman in Canada, Volume II
E-Books
Author/Creator
George Bryce
A Selkirk Settlement Sourcebook
E-Books
Description
Compilation of primary sources.
Seven Oaks: An Account of the Affair of Seven Oaks; and a Report of Proceedings of the Gathering for the Unveiling of the “Seven Oaks Monument,” June 19th, 1891
Alternate Title
A Thousand Miles of Prairie: The Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada
Transactions (Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba) ; ser. 1, no. 43, 1891
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George Bryce
Charles N. Bell
Description
Authors present two different viewpoints on the Battle. Bryce regards it as a massacre, while Bell adopts a more neutral stance.
The Seven Oaks Reader (Excerpts)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myrna Kostash
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [73]-80
Description
The Reader gathers texts with differing perspectives to narrate the "battle" between armed settlers and armed Métis buffalo hunters on June 19th, 1816.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.