Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1908-05-26
Content: A big fire started out at fish Creek self + Samson went out on Horse back to look after the Mower + Rake which was left in the House at the Hay grounds but the fire had not come that way Thomas + Davis came in this evening and paid their Defts
Page Number:
PDF Page Number: 59
People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Samson
Mr Unknown Thomas
Mr Unknown Davis
Places Mentioned: Fish Creek,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 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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