Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1907-01-22
Content: self + Samson + Bateson went up to the Island and cut some fire wood A fine mild day 2 Below. Zero hired Tom. Bon. A white Man wintering here to cut fire wood on lower Island The Wolf + son arieved it seems he was on a Moose hunt and followed the Moose within about 3 miles of here and did not kill it
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PDF Page Number: 11
People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Bateson
Mr Unknown Samson
Mr Tom Bon
Mr Wolf Unknown
Places Mentioned: Corner Island,??,CA

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

Pdf Info:

The Hudsons Bay Company Fort St. Johns Daily Journal for 1906 and 1907 (Frank W. Beaton)

The Hudson's Bay Company Fort St. John daily journal for 1906 and 1907 by Frank W. Beaton. Includes postal rates, followed by a memorandum from 1905, daily events for 1907 and 1906. The last pages include cash accounts, bills payable, and chartered banks in Canada. 

British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 4: Frank Beaton

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