Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1912-12-04
Content: Self busy at od jobs Samson at wood a fine clear day but cold the Police + mail man crossed over on the Ice to day the Mail left for Grande Prarie W Cadenhead left along with the mail man for Edmonton Sokana + 2 others arrvd from Appains camp
Page Number:
PDF Page Number: 69
People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Samson
Mr W. Cadenhead
Chief Unknown Sakuna
Places Mentioned: Grande Prairie,AB,CA
Edmonton,AB,CA
Appain's Camp,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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