Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1928-03-19
Content: very hot snow nearly all gone Brady and Man left this Morning for Halfway River, a lot of water on the Ice, Dill Peters + Partner got back from Hudsons Hope. they went up there to look for a Homestead but it did not suit them. Willie + Duncan brought down to little loads of hay, the slaying is now finished as the snow is nearly all gone. The McLeods was going to leave for the Sikinnia River with Freight to day. I expect they will have a nice trip
Page Number: 139
PDF Page Number: 142
People Mentioned: Mr Willie Beatton
Mr B. C. Brady
Mr Duncan Beatton
Mr Dill Peters
Mr Unknown McLeod
Places Mentioned: Hudson's Hope,BC,CA
Sikeena River,BC,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 1926 to 1930 (Frank W. Beaton)

Records and daily events for May 1st, 1926 to June 3rd, 1930 for Fort St. John 

British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 3, File 16: Frank Beaton 

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