Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1905-08-15
Content: F.W. Beatton + family started for P.R.L early this morning, Arnold + Self cleaning up house Afternoon Arnold fixing up bench Frank Anderson + Charlie arrived from L.S.L Yah Atchie Thomas + Ooker arrived them Modest Attachie Acho + some others arrived A white man also arrived across he is camped Here we have not yet seen him Rained a little to night
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PDF Page Number: 40
People Mentioned: Mr Hugh Arnold
Mr Frank Anderson
Mr Unknown Achu
Mr Unknown Attachie
Mr Frank Beatton
Mr Unknown Yakatchie
Mr Charles Unknown
Mr Modest Unknown
Mr Unknown Thomas
Mr Unknown Ooker
Places Mentioned: Peace River Landing,AB,CA
Lesser Slave Lake,AB,CA

Images from MS-0749 courtesy of Royal BC Museum, BC Archives.

Pdf Info:

The Hudsons Bay Company Fort St. Johns Daily Journal for 1904 and 1905 Athabasca District (Frank W. Beaton)

Daily journal of 1904 of the Hudson Bay Company for Fort St. Johns Athabasca District. Contains a calendar, postal rates, and the daily journal for 1904. Events for 1905 have been added in. Also contains a memorandum from 1903, followed by notes about 1905 Sunday 1st at New Years day and events in 1905 followed by 1904 and finally some notes related to January 1906 and a register for Banks in Canada. 

British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 3: Frank Beaton

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