Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1912-11-07
Content: self making a sled Samson after horses but could not get them Joe Appassin and the Police arrvd from Grand prarie Mr Cobs arrvd from the Halfway River contins fine weather a lot of Ice going down
Page Number:
PDF Page Number: 64
People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Samson
Mr Joe Appassisen
Mr Unknown Cobb
Places Mentioned: Grande Prairie,AB,CA
Halfway 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 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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