Title North of Athabasca : Slave Lake and Mackenzie River documents of the North West Company, 1800-1821 / edited with an introduction by Lloyd Keith

Published Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 504 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Rupert's Land Record Society series Rupert's Land Record Society series. Contents pt. 1. Overview. Historical Background. The Distant Past. The Recent Past. The North West Company. Slave Lake District, 1786-99. Mackenzie River District, 1795-1800. James Porter's Journal, 1800-1. John Thomson's Journal, 1800-1. Arrival of Opposition in Athabasca, 1800-4. Early Journals of W.F. Wentzel, 1802-5. Alexander McKenzie's Journal, 1805-6. Alexander Henry Jr's Journal, 1806. George Keith's Journals, 1805-7. W.F. Wentzel's Journals, 1805-08. Declining Returns from the Mackenzie, 1807-15. Roderic McKenzie Correspondence, 1807-24. Aftermath, 1816-21. Wentzel's "Account of Mackenzies River with a Chart," 1821 -- pt. 2. North West Company Documents. James Porter's Slave Lake Journal of 1800-1. John Thomson's Journal of 1800-1. W.F. Wentzel's Journals of 1802 and 1804-5. Alexander McKenzie's Journal of 1805-6. Alexander Henry, Jr's Journal of 1806. George Keith's Journals of 1805-6 and 1806-7. W.F. Wentzel's Journals and "Account of Mackenzies River," 1805-21. Biographical Notes, Mackenzie River and Slave Lake Districts, 1795-1821 Summary "The fur trade was an important building block in Canada's history. While much is known about the Hudson's Bay Company, information about the North Wet Company in the Slave Lake and Mackenzie River Districts has been scattered in various archives. In North of Athabasca Lloyd Keith provides the first detailed, document-based history of this pioneering company." "Using unused or little-known documents, Keith fills in gaps and corrects inconsistencies in previous information about the company. North of Athabasca not only includes the extensively annotated texts to eleven North West Company documents but Keith's introductory essay amplifies what is known about the context of the fur trade. His biographical notes provide personal details about the proprietors and clerks involved in the fur trade as well as the engages and aboriginal trading leaders. A sketch of the trading activities of every Native mentioned in the journals is included. Engages are shown to be more than labouring drones - Keith demonstrates that men such as Jean-Baptiste LaPrise were as important in furthering the interests of the North West Company north of Athabasca as any of the clerks or proprietors who kept the accounts and wrote the journals included here. The journals, often in fractured English or colloquial Canadian French, and incorporating aboriginal terminology, make intriguing reading. A glossary is provided to assist with some of the more arcane terms." "North of Athabasca fills an important void in the literature on this period and region Readers interested in fur trade history as well as students of exploration, genealogy, ethnography, and Native studies will find this a welcome addition to the literature on a fascinating topic."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-488) and index Notes English Print version record Subject North West Company -- History -- Sources North West Company -- Biography SUBJECT North West Company fast Subject Fur trade -- Northwest Territories -- Great Slave Lake Region -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Fur trade -- Northwest Territories -- Mackenzie River Region -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Indigenous peoples -- Northwest Territories -- Great Slave Lake Region -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Indigenous peoples -- Northwest Territories -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Canada -- General. HISTORY -- Canada -- Pre-Confederation (to 1867) Fur trade Indigenous peoples SUBJECT Northwest Territories -- Biography Great Slave Lake Region (N.W.T.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Mackenzie River Region (N.W.T.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Northwest Territories Northwest Territories -- Great Slave Lake Region Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies History Sources Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Keith, Lloyd North West Company. ISBN 9780773568716 0773568719 1282858882 9781282858886 9786612858888 6612858885

Other Titles Slave Lake and Mackenzie River documents of the North West Company, 1800-1821

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