Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1907-05-02
Content: Self busy as yesterday Bateson as before Samson cutting Rails Mr Macdonell + Party started this morning for Moberly Lake + P River two miners arieved from Fort Grahame on their way out. they report starvation amongst the Indians at Grahame Blowing a very strong gale of wind from S.W.
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PDF Page Number: 26
People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Bateson
Mr Unknown Samson
Mr JA MacDonell
Places Mentioned: Moberly Lake,BC,CA
Pine River,BC,Ca
Fort Graham,BC,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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