Lac la Pluie (fur trade post)
| Lac la Pluie | |
|---|---|
| Fur trade post | |
| Address | Fort Frances, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 48.6114, -93.3968 |
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Lac la Pluie was a fur trade post on the Rainy River at the outlet of Rainy Lake, where the town of Fort Frances now stands. The North West Company kept a post there; its 1805 list of men in the Lac La Pluie department survives in the Masson Papers.[1] The NWC's 1820 Lac La Pluie blotter is HBCA item F.4/29.[2] The Hudson's Bay Company's post there was later called Fort Frances; its records in the Hudson's Bay Company Archives are filed under B.105, beginning with post journals from 1793.[3]
The coordinates are approximate, taken from OpenStreetMap for Fort Frances; they mark the general area, not a surveyed site of the post.
Records
- Fort Frances post journals, 1793–1841, 1879–1884, B.105/a.[3]
- Fort Frances accounts, 1820–1903, B.105/d.[4]
- North West Company, Lac La Pluie blotter, 1820, F.4/29.[2]
- Masson Papers, 1805 list of men at Lac La Pluie.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McGill University Library and Archives, Masson Papers (MASS 2370.3), North West Company, Men's Names at the Athabasca River Department [etc.], 1805, p. 38, list "Lac La Pluie". McGill transcription, MFTP 0031.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, North West Company, Lac La Pluie blotter, 1820, F.4/29. HBCA North West Company Account Books index.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Keystone series description: Fort Frances post journals, 1793–1841, 1879–1884, B.105/a. Keystone (SISN 2894).
- ↑ Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Keystone series description: Fort Frances accounts, 1820–1903, B.105/d. Keystone (SISN 2895).