Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1903-11-23
Content: Another fine day Mr Keith on sick list Self working at odd jobs. Samson haulling fire wood Very dull an quiett the Ice seems strong in front of here. Deomes man went across the other day down below the bend the River still open
Page Number: 98
PDF Page Number: 73
People Mentioned: Mr JB Keith
Mr Unknown Samson
Mr Deome Discherlis
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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