William McTavish, Governor, Hudson Bay Company
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William McTavish, Governor, Hudson Bay Company. McTavish died 1870.
William McTavish, Governor, Hudson Bay Company
William McTavish, Governor, Hudson Bay Company. McTavish died 1870.
Map of part of northern Saskatchewan
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.
Canada. Railway Lands Branch
Hudon's Bay Company store in Yorkton Decorated for Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary
Hudson's Bay Company store in Yorkton, decorated for the coronoation of King George V and Queen Mary.
Canada. Department of the Interior. Topographical Surveys Branch
Dominion Lands Survey files of individual surveyors employed in the area which comprises Saskatchewan. File I.512 relates to Saskatchewan Valley Land Company. Includes information relating to origins of place names. File I.187 includes black and white photographs dated 1920 and captioned Narrows on Besnard Lake; Looking up Drum Rapids; Foot of Elbow Rapid, Churchill River; Looking out into Lac la Ronge; Silver fox pelts, Ile-a-la-Crosse; and Snake Rapids 10 foot rock banks. File I.292 includes image of Lilian River looking upstream from bridge, SE 1/4 4-36-5-W2, dated 1923 (page 34) and image of Lady Lake looking north from south end of lake, 22-35-5-W2, dated 1933 (page 36).
Correspondence; speeches re the early history of the north west, Fort Ellice Historic Site and his experiences with the Hudson's Bay Company; diary and notebook; article re his experiences during the Riel Rebellion, 1885; notes re Father Albert Lacombe, William McKay, the Franklin Expedition and forts of French fur traders, etc.
Angus McKay was born in 1858 and died in 1952.
Saskatchewan Historical Society fonds
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.
Saskatchewan Historical Society, 1936-1951
The Spring Brigade Leaves Montreal for the West
Item is the illustration from the 1948 Hudson's Bay Company calendar of the painting "The Spring Brigade leaves Montreal for the West." Image shows loaded canoes on the water in foreground, cheering people and carts along the shores, and buildings in background.
Arbuckle, George Franklin, 1909-2001
Map showing lands for sale and lease in Saskatchewan
Townships 1 to 65.
Hudson's Bay Company
View of the Port of Churchill from the water
View of the Port of Churchill from the water. Original Hudson Bay Company dock; buildings and present dock.
Nicholas Garry at Slave Falls, 1821
Item is an illustration entitled "Nicholas Garry at Slave Falls in 1821" that was commissioned for the 1959 Hudson's Bay Company calendar. The image presents a scene of Nicholas Garry's travels to the united fur trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company that emerged following their merger in early 1821. In the foreground of the images are persons seated on the side of a flowing river and who are drinking and/or eating, with a top hat and cloth bags are resting on the ground beside some flowers. In the centre of the background is the far shore of the river (with rocks and trees), in back left of image an individual is standing on rocks with one hand on his hip and a paddle in the other, and in the back right two persons are transporting an overturned canoe on the shoulders.
Woods, Rex, 1903-1987