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Simon Fraser journals and letters, 1806-1808.
BANC MSS P-C 16LOCALBANC MSS P-C 17LOCALBANC MSS P-C 18LOCAL
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Title:
Simon Fraser journals and letters, 1806-1808Creator/Contributor:
Fraser, Simon, 1776-1862, creatorAbstract:
The "Fraser papers," copied for H.H. Bancroft at Victoria in 1878, consist of a "First Journal" for April 12-July 18, 1806
(P-C 16, 152 l.); a "Second Journal" for May 30-June 10, 1808 (P-C 17, 69 l.); and "Letters from the Rocky Mountains," dated
between August 1, 1806 and February 10, 1807 (P-C 18, 65 l.) All are printed in W. Kaye Lamb, ed., The Letters and Journals
of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808 (Toronto, 1960) The first journal, which is preceded by John Stuart's Journal of 1805-1806, q.v.,
begins at the Rocky Mountain House, or Rocky Mountain Portage, on the upper Peace River in present Alberta, and records an
exploration up the Peace and Parsnip rivers and over to the upper Fraser
The "Second Journal" is a fragment from Fraser's record of his exploration down the Fraser River, which determined that it
was not connected with the Columbia. The 11 letters are mostly to James McDougall and John Stuart. Written at Stuart Lake
and Fraser Lake, they give reports of Fraser's explorations and of the progress of the fur trade west of the Continental Divide.
Copies of the last four of these letters are now in the British Columbia Provincial Archives.
Date:
1806 (issued)Subject:
n-cn--- -- n-cn-bcFur trade
Fourrures -- Commerce
Fur trade
Travel
Northwest, Canadian -- Description and travel
British Columbia -- Description and travel
Nord-Ouest canadien -- Descriptions et voyages
Colombie-Britannique -- Descriptions et voyages
British Columbia
Canada -- Canadian Northwest
Note:
Also available on microfilm.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
Type:
Diaries.Physical Description:
print
3 volumes ; 32 cm
partial microfilm reel (283 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:18) and positive
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS P-C 16LOCAL
BANC MSS P-C 17LOCAL
BANC MSS P-C 18LOCAL