Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1903-09-11
Content: FW Beatton doing more trading and opening goods Keith at same. McDermott odd job. Indians still poking around, time they got out. Visit from Hugh Arnold he is looking very well. Still cold and damp. looks like snow. Visit from Father Hess.
Page Number: 77
PDF Page Number: 61
People Mentioned: Mr JB Keith
Mr William McDermott
Mr FrankW Beatton
Mr Hugh Arnold
Father Unknown Hesse
Places Mentioned:
Images from MS-0749 courtesy of Royal BC Museum, BC Archives.

Pdf Info:

The Hudsons Bay Company Fort St. Johns Daily Journal for 1903 (Frank W. Beaton)

Daily journal of 1903 by Frank W. Beaton. Contains a calendar, sterling exchange, Canadian tariff of customs, the French Treaty, a list of banks in Canada with their agencies, fishery and game laws, postal information, mercantile law, sittings of the Courts, fire insurance, life insurance. This is followed by a memorandum from 1902, followed by January 1903 to December 1903. Last pages include cash accounts and cut out pages. 

British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 2: Frank Beaton

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