Nipawi, on the Saskatchewan River, and its Historic Sites
Database ID | 27584 | |
Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
Fonds/Collection | Morton, Arthur S. | |
File/Item Reference | G861 | |
Date of creation | 1944 | |
Physical description/extent | 1 folder; 2 mm | |
Number of images | 22 | |
Historical note | Arthur S. Morton (1870-1945) was a renowned Western Canadian historian. | |
Scope and content | This history deals primarily with the fur trade and the numerous posts in the "Nipawi", or Fort a la Corne and Nipawin areas along the Saskatchewan River from the 1750s to the 1790s. It contains historical and field research by Morton on the various French, Northwest Company, Independent, and Hudson's Bay Company posts found in this region of what is today Saskatchewan. Morton also discusses the war between the Cree and the original Atsina, or Gros Ventre, inhabitants of the area, as well as trade between First Nations and Europeans. | |
Contributer | Morton, Arthur S. (author) | |
Copyright holder | Unknown | |
Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
Type | Published | |
Primary Media | Textual documents | |
Specific document types | Articles Field notes | |
Provenance Access Point | Morton, Arthur S. | |
Place | Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada Fort a la Corne, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
Names | Cocking, Matthew, 1743-1799 (HBC Factor) Fidler, Peter, 1769-1821 (HBC trader, explorer) Finlay, James Francois le Blanc Henday, Anthony, fl. 1750-1762 la Corne, Louis-Francois, 1703-1761 La Verendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de, 1685-1749 Pink, William Thorburn, William | |
Subject | Archaeology Forts Fur Trade Hudson's Bay Company Trade Exploration Northwest Company Cree A'aninin (Gros Ventre) | |
Date Range(s) | 1940-1949 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27584 |