Hudson's Bay Fur Traders

Area covered: Lake Huron, the Ottawa River area and the Nipissing District

Major Fur Trade Routes in Northern Ontario (Map)

Please note that biographical sheets have not been created for every employee within those areas.
More will be added as time permits.

Amiot, Hidas (b. ca. 1814) (fl. ca. 1833-1856)
Anderson, James A (1812-1867) (fl. 1831-1864)
Ayotte, Joseph (b. ca. 1818) (fl. 1842-1846) (fils)
Ayotte, Joseph (b. ca. 1798) (fl. 1842-1848) (pere)
Bareille dit Lajoie, Louis (b. ca. 1812) (fl. 1834-1844)
Beardmore, Owen C. (fl. 1846-1849)
Beaudrie, Jean-Baptiste, Sr. (b. ca. 1807) (fl. 1839-1872)
Beaudrie, Jean-Baptiste, Sr. (b. ca. 1807) (fl. 1839-1872)
Beaudrie, Michel (fl. 1861-1872)
Benzie, W.G.R. (b. 1908) (fl. 1927-1928)
Bethune, Angus (1783-1858) (fl. 1804-1841)
Blair, Alfred Secord (b.1894) (fl.1915-1925)
Boyd, James Graham (b. 1908) (fl. 1927-1942)
Boyer, Pierre (fl. 1866-1871)
Buchanan, Alexander Wilson (b. 1814) (fl. 1839-1854)
Butterill, Ormond Evered (b. 1905) (fl. 1926-1939)
Cameron, Angus (1785-1876) (fl. ca. 1802-1845)
Cameron, James (b. ca. 1811-d. 1851) (fl. 1836-1851)
Charlesworth, Murray Douglas (b. 1909) (fl. 1928-1929)
Christopherson, Louis A. (1855-1926) (fl. 1875-1919)
Clouston, James Stewart (b. ca. 1826-d. 1874) (fl. 1842-1874)
Conn, Hugh (1880-1963) (fl. 1911-1934)
Corcoran, Richard (b. 1823) (fl. 1839-1843)
Cotter, Henry Martin Stewart (b. 1873) (fl. 1889-1930)
Cowan, Matthew (fl. 1931-)
Cowie, James (1853-1913) (fl. 1876-1911)
Crawford, Robert (fl. 1854-1877)
Hudson's Bay Company Archives (HBCA)
HBC Biographical Index

Fur Trade Posts

Historical Plaques of Nipissing District
Mattawa River  From answers.com
Mattawa River  Also see: Mattawa History 
Sturgeon River House
Fort La Cloche
Temagami - Bear Island Trading Post
Lavasse River
Fur Trade Bibliography

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