Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1912-09-21
Content: Self been out making hay all week and arrvd home to night Samson arrvd from H Hope where he has been working for Milligan all Summer C Paquete arrvd from Dunvgan + his 2 partners a big fire burning back in the bush Montgin + his band arrvd
Page Number:
PDF Page Number: 57
People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Samson
Mr GB Milligan
Chief Unknown Montagnie
Mr Charles Paquette
Places Mentioned: Hudson's Hope,BC,CA
Dunvegan,AB,CA

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

Pdf Info:

The Hudsons Bay Company Fort St. Johns Daily Journal for 1912 and 1913 (Frank W. Beaton)

Daily journal for May 1st, 1913 to June 9th, 1913 and February 26th, 1912 to December 31st, 1912. The first pages reference the Sterling exchange, banks in Canada with their agencies, followed by a memorandum for 1911. The last pages include January 1913 to April 1913. 

British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 2, File 10: Frank Beaton

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