
- 306 pages
- English
- PDF
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Fort Timiskaming and the Fur Trade
About this book
Mrs Mitchell traces the history of Fort Timiskaming and its subsidiary posts from the first French establishments in the 1670s and 80s until 1870, when the Hudson's Bay territories became part of the new Dominion of Canada.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Spelling and the Use of Terms
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Pedlars and the Approach of the Hudson's Bay Company 1760-88
- 3. The Hudson's Bay Company Settles on Lake Abitibi 1788-95
- 4. McTavish, Frobisher & Co. in Timiskaming 1795-1800
- 5. The Nor'Westers on James Bay 1800-6
- 6. The Hudson's Bay Company Prepares to Take the Initiative 1804-14
- 7. Confrontation at Matawagamingue 1814-21
- 8. 'No Canada Agency' 1821-2
- 9. Interregnum in the Southern Department 1821-6
- 10. Governor Simpson Reorganizes the Southern Department
- 11. The Coming of the Lumbermen
- 12. Governor Simpson and the Timiskaming Missions
- 13. The Threat from Canada Intensifies 1843-50
- 14. Realignment with Canada 1850-65
- 15. Fort Timiskaming in Decline
- Biographical Appendix: 'Commanders' of the Timiskaming District 1764-1883
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index