Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1912-11-18
Content: Self at od jobs Samson haullig wood a fine warm day Snow nearly all gone had a visit from Taylor still no mail very little Ice in the River Mr Brenot D.L.S left to day on his way out with sleds on the overland route by PR Crossing
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PDF Page Number: 66
People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Samson
DLS Unknown Brenot
Mr Unknown Taylor
Places Mentioned: Peace River Crossing,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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