Early Days in the Hudson's Bay Coy

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Database ID	26228
Institution	University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/Collection	Morton Manuscripts Collection
File/Item Reference	MSS-C550-1-27-1k (Box 37)
Date of creation	[192-?]
Physical description/extent	1 article; 6 pages of textual records
Number of images	6
Historical note	Reginald Beatty (b. 1854) was not only a clerk of the Hudson's Bay Company, but also the first settler in the Melfort district. The current city of Melfort was preceded by a small community known as the Stoney Creek Settlement, started by founding settler Beatty, a Hudson Bay Company employee who settled with his family in the new Northwest. He was employed with the HBC from 1872-1883. Beatty served at Shoal River, Fairford, Cumberland House, The Pas (several terms), Grand Rapids, Sturgeon River and Norway House.
Scope and content	This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary describes how Beatty and a small crew taking a small group of people from Cumberland House to Grand Rapids and the difficulties encountered, including stormy river travel and the scourge of mosquitoes. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'
Contributer	Reginald Bird Beatty (author)
Copyright holder	Public domain
Copyright expiry date	Public domain
Other terms governing use and reproduction	Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
Type	Archival
Primary Media	Textual documents
Specific document types	Diaries
Provenance Access Point	Morton, A.S.
Other numbers/identification	Special Collections call no. MSS C550/1/27.1.
Place	Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundaries	Treaty 5
Cultural region	Plains Subarctic
Names	Beatty, Reginald Bird, 1854-1928 (HBC clerk)
Subject	Children Hudson's Bay Company Transportation -- Ships and Boats Women
Date Range(s)	1870-1879
Permanent Link	https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/26228