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Author Mitchell, Elaine Allan, 1909-

Title Fort Timiskaming and the fur trade / Elaine Allan Mitchell
Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1977

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (in pocket)
Series Heritage
Contents Frontmatter -- 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
Summary History of the fur trade at this Quebec post
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index
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Subject Hudson's Bay Company.
SUBJECT Hudson's Bay Company fast
Subject Fur trade -- Timiskaming, Lake, Region
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Fur trade
Fur trade -- Ontario.
Fur trade -- Québec (Province)
SUBJECT Timiskaming, Lake, Region -- History
Fort Timiskaming (Québec)
Subject Canada, Ontario -- Business records and commerce.
Canada, Quebec -- Business records and commerce.
Canada, Ontario -- Occupations.
Canada, Quebec -- Occupations.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781487586119
1487586116