The Career of Henry Kelsey - 1929.

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Database ID27084
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionMorton Manuscripts Collection
SeriesMSS-C500
File/Item ReferenceMSS-C500-2-5 (Box 1)
Date of creation1929
Physical description/extent1 paper; 58 pages of textual material
Number of images58
Historical noteHenry Kelsey (b. c.1670-d. 1729), English fur trader and explorer in Canada. He entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1684. He was sent (1689) inland to secure Native American trade and later (1691-92) made his much disputed journey into western Canada; some say he went southwest, but evidence points to his being west of Churchill in the region of Reindeer Lake. He was present when York Factory was surrendered to the sieur d'Iberville in 1694 and in 1697. He then served the company in a number of different posts. He returned to the Hudson's Bay region (1714) and served as second in command (1714-17), as governor of York (1717-18), and as governor of all the company's forts in the region (1718-22). He was replaced as governor in 1722 and returned to England. In 1719 he commanded an expedition to explore the northwest coast of Hudson Bay.
Scope and contentTyped copy of a well-referenced paper presented to the Royal Society of Canada by Lawrence J. Burpee and printed in the Society's Transactions, Section 2, 1929. It discusses Kelsey's career with the Hudson's Bay Company and contains a number of brief mentions of encounters and trade with Assiniboine, Gros Ventre, Cree, Athapaskan, Chipewyans and [Dogribs].
ContributerJames P. Kenney (author)
Burpee, Lawrence J.
Copyright holderPublic domain
Copyright expiry datePublic domain
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TypePublished
Primary MediaTextual documents
Provenance Access PointMorton, A.S.
Other notesSee also University of Saskatchewan Library: Q21 .R89 3rd ser., v.23, section II, 1929, pp. 37-71.
Treaty boundariesNo data
Cultural regionNortheast
Plains
Subarctic
Namesdes Grosseliers, Jean Baptiste Chouart
Kelsey, Henry
Knight, Governor James
Lord Churchill
Outlaw, John
Radisson, Pierre
SubjectExploration
Forts
Fur Trade
Hudson's Bay Company
Hunting and Trapping
Date Range(s)1650-1749
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