Passing the Spring Out
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Database ID | 26221 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
Fonds/Collection | Morton Manuscripts Collection | |
Series | MSS-C550 | |
File/Item Reference | MSS-C550-1-27-1f (Box 37) | |
Date of creation | [192-?] | |
Physical description/extent | 1 folder; 9 pages of textual material | |
Number of images | 9 | |
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 relates to fine fur trapping in The Pas, Manitoba area in the spring. | |
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 | The Pas, Manitoba, Canada Birch River, Manitoba, Canada Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 5 | |
Cultural region | Subarctic | |
Names | Beatty, Reginald Bird, 1854-1928 (HBC clerk) Marcellais, Pierre | |
Subject | Forts Fur Trade Hudson's Bay Company Hunting and Trapping Transportation -- Dogsleds | |
Date Range(s) | 1870-1879 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/26221![]() |