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Shows fur trade posts at mouth of Churchill River. From A History of the Canadian West to 1870-71. Map No. 3.

Townships 1 to 65.

Map created to accompany "Report of Exploration season 1908" by Frank J.P. Crean, C.E. indicates route of exploration, forest cover, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachments, and trading posts of Hudson's Bay Company and Revillon Freres.

Biographical sketch on James Sinclair, who played a significant part in the development of western Canada. Sinclair was a pioneer of overland routes to the Columbia Valley, independent fur trader, and champion of Metis people. Sketch compiled by Mrs. Copeley of Portland, Oregon and donated by Irene Spry, wife of Graham Spry.

Newspaper article called Fur Traders on the Qu'Appelle by Gilbert Johnson, Marchwell, Saskatchewan published in the Western Producer, October 133, 1949. 3 p.

Article called the Fur Brigade published in Northern Lights, Christmas edition, 1951. 11 p.

A list of furs received at Fort Pelly in 1885, collected by Lewis H. Thomas, Provincial Archivist, Saskatchewan on November 27, 1953. 3 p.

The Beaver Club, compiled by Mr. H.A. Tatro, August, 1959. 7 p. (2 copies).

Qu'Appelle Lakes Post of the Hudson's Bay Company. Evidence relating to its site. Compiled by Allan R. Turner, Archives Division, Legislative Library. (2 copies).

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used mainly by the secretary of the Saskatchewan Historical Society during its operation in Regina, Saskatchewan. The fonds contains the administrative records of the Society along with the records relating to the history of the province from the mid 19th century to 1945 compiled and collected by the Society in fulfillment of its mandate.

The types of records included are secretary's annual reports; correspondence; minutes; financial statements; a constitution; an annual meeting programme; newspaper clippings; personal narratives; essays; obituaries; biographical sketches; photographs; articles and speeches.

No series assignment was applied to the records in this fonds.

See SHS 97 for a letter regarding the massacre of Blackfoot and Blood Indians by Crees (Red Ochre Hills massacre) and an article by C. Wetton regarding Fine Day, Cree warrior. See SHS 94 for a letter and note regarding a table in the Saskatchewan Legislative Library known as the confederation table. See SHS 129 for correspondence regarding Indians serving in World War II and an Indian gathering on Assiniboin Reserve, September 9, 1941, to dedicate themselves to war services, enfranchisement of Indians, etc. See SHS 159 for document written by Neil Brodie entitled Twelve Days with the Indians, May 14 to May 26, 1885, regarding his experiences in Poundmaker's camp during the rebellion of 1885. See SHS 150 for the 1935 report of the Royal Commission on the Natural Resources of Saskatchewan.

Family history compiled by Pat Redhead of Campbell River, British Columbia. Contents include Introduction: Chapter One: James Isham (1716-1761); Chapter Two: Charles Thomas Isham (1754-1814); Chapter Three: Jane Isham Heywood Mowat (1796-1848); Chapter Four: Ann Heywood Adams (1815-1898); Afterword; Appendices - Family Trees; Bibliography; and Index.

Publication entitled The York Factory Express: Fort Vancouver to Hudson Bay, 1826-1849, by Nancy Marguerite Anderson. Published by Ronsdale Press.

Milestones in the Progress of the Hudson's Bay Company in the celebration of their 275th Anniversary, 1945.

Memorials presented to the Commissioners, Under the Treaty of July 1, 1863, between Great Britain and The United States, for the Final Settlement of the Claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies; presented April 17, 1865. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865. 30 p.

Le règne de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson. Mémoires S.R.C., Section I, 1914. Par L'Hon. Juge L. A. Prud'Homme, May 29, 1913.

A souvenir book on Beaver House, the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company. Published by The Hudson's Bay Company from their house in Great Trinity Lane in the City of London. Map of the Dominion of Canada showing the establishments of the Hudson's Bay Company, inserted at the back of the book. [ca. 1951]

The Beaver, a magazine of the north, published quarterly by Hudson's Bay Company, outfit 276, June 1945. 58 p.

The Hudson's Bay Company's Monopoly of the Fur Trade at the Red River Settlement, 1821-1850, by Chester Martin. Reprinted from the proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Volume VII.

A Study of the Expansion of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Saskatchewan River Region from 1774-1781, with Emphasis on Cumberland House and Hudson House, by Deanna M. Christensen. September 20, 1972. 45 p.