Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1908-09-27
Content: Busy all day the Boat started to H Hope with H. Taylor + family sent McDarmott up to look after G T outfit which will be taken down D McDonald also started for North Pine Rivr Post with Pack train Joseph helping self busy about the place intended makig the trip to the Hope but expect the Indians in consquently could not leave
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PDF Page Number: 90
People Mentioned: Mr Harry Taylor
Mr William H. McDermott
Mr Duncan McDonald
Mr Joseph Unknown
Places Mentioned: Hudson's Hope,BC,CA
North Pine River,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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