Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1908-05-15
Content: Self + Samson went out on Horse back to see the Indians at the north Pine River and brought in quite a lot of Furs I. could not see the Jews as thy are on the other side of the River we had some trouble at fish River as it is booming high Bateson around again
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PDF Page Number: 56
People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Samson
Mr Unknown Bateson
Places Mentioned: North Pine River,BC,CA
Fish River,YK,CA

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

Pdf Info:

The Hudsons Bay Company Fort St. Johns Daily Journal for 1907 and 1908 (Frank W. Beaton)

Daily journal for Fort St. John in 1907 and 1908. Contains Sterling exchange, Canadian tariff of customs, banks in Canada with their agencies, postal information, mercentile law, sittings of the Courts, joint stock companies, game laws, Canadian tariff of customs, and the French Treaty. Also contains blank pages for memorandum from 1906, followed by the daily events for 1907 and a couple of dates filled in for 1908. The last pages contain blank pages for memorandum and bills payable.

British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 5: Frank Beaton

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