Consists of papers re HBC, fur trade and search for the Northwest Passage.
Consists of a daily HBC account journal kept by R. Peters at Fort Dunvegan in the Peace River country. Includes entries related to the accounts of individuals and for the Spirit River Ranch, Big Point, Battle River, Slave Lake, Smoky River, Peace River Landing and White Mud River.
Consists of an eight-pages statement of accounts of Spirit River Ranch to Fort Dunvegan (1887); and customers’ ledger from Fort St. John post (1909) with an index and comments by S.A. King on the state of the accounts.
- Consists of North West Company papers including:
- articles of partnership, memo book, letters, etc. from Fort George on the Columbia River (1802-1821)
- HBC indentures, memoranda, letterbook, etc. (1806-1854)
- biographical information about ames with information about Fort George.
Consists of a balance sheet of the Fort Vermilion post, Athabasca (1888-1889); and a letter issued by London about the replacement of Chief Commissioner James A. Grahame by Joseph Wrigley (1884).
Consists of correspondence with the French re claims to Hudson Bay. Includes memo of claim of English Crown to commerce in Hudson Bay; reply of French commissioners; and abstract of Compagne de la Baye du Nord’s title to trade in Hudson Bay.
Consists of a promotional publication, “The Hudson’s Bay Company and the Great North West”, which includes extracts from the Governor-General’s North West speech; and information about the rise and progress of Winnipeg; advice to immigrants; crop situation; and Dominion Lands regulations.
Consists of a journal kept by A. Robinson about HBC Commissioner Joseph Wrigley’s trip from Fort Chipewyan to Great Slave Lake, up the Mackenzie River and return, up the Athabasca and Clearwater Rivers, over Portage La Loche, to Fort Carlton and Qu’Appelle.
- Consists of:
- a statement of account with the Wesleyan Mission for goods supplied to missionaries in the Northern Department (1841-1842)
- statement of account with the Russian American Fur Company (1843-1844)
- fragment of a diary (author unknown) kept at the Red River settlement, May 16, 1852 to June 7, 1852, describing floods of the Red River.
Consists of minutes of a meeting held at Prince Albert. Includes a list of 86 articles to guide the fur trading operations for the 1883 outfit; a list of officers at each post; and instructions for Chief Factors and traders at each post.