North of Athabasca [electronic resource] : Slave Lake and Mackenzie River documents of the North West Company, 1800-1821 / edited with an introduction by Lloyd Keith.
2001
F1060.7 .N62 2001eb
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North of Athabasca [electronic resource] : Slave Lake and Mackenzie River documents of the North West Company, 1800-1821 / edited with an introduction by Lloyd Keith.
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0773520988 (acid-free paper)
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Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001.
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English
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xviii, 504 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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F1060.7 .N62 2001eb
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971.9/201
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-488) and index.
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Rupert's Land Record Society series.
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: OVERVIEW I
Historical Background 3
The Distant Past 3
The Recent Past 6
The North West Company 9
Slave Lake District, 1786-99 13
Mackenzie RiverDistrict, 1795-1800 14
James Porter'sJournal, 1800-1 18
John Thomson'sJournal, 1800-1 22
Arrival of Opposition in Athabasca, 1 8o-4' 26
EarlyJournals ofW.F. Wentzel, 1802-5 31
Alexander McKenzie'sJournal, 1805-6 37
Alexander HenryJr'sJournal, 18o6 41
George Keith'sJournals, 1805-7 43
W.F. Wentzel'sJournals, 1805-o8 53
Declining Returns from the Mackenzie, 1807-15 57
Roderic McKenzie Correspondence, 1807-24 58
Aftermath, 1816-21 66
Wentzel's "Account of Mackenzies River with a Chart,"
1821 70
Conclusions 76
PART TWO:
NORTH WEST COMPANY DOCUMENTS 81
James Porter's Slave LakeJournal of 1800-1 83
John Thomson'sJournal of 1800-1 126
W.F. Wentzel'sJournals of 1802 and 1804-5 157
Alexander McKenzie'sJournal of 1805-6 207
Alexander Henry, Jr'sJournal of 1806 252
George Keith'sJournals of 1805-6 and 1806-7 259
W.F. Wentzel'sJournals and "Account of Mackenzies River,"
1805-21 288
Biographical Notes, Mackenzie River and Slave Lake
Districts, 1795-1821 365
Glossary 451
Notes 457
Bibliography 479
Index 489.
Historical Background 3
The Distant Past 3
The Recent Past 6
The North West Company 9
Slave Lake District, 1786-99 13
Mackenzie RiverDistrict, 1795-1800 14
James Porter'sJournal, 1800-1 18
John Thomson'sJournal, 1800-1 22
Arrival of Opposition in Athabasca, 1 8o-4' 26
EarlyJournals ofW.F. Wentzel, 1802-5 31
Alexander McKenzie'sJournal, 1805-6 37
Alexander HenryJr'sJournal, 18o6 41
George Keith'sJournals, 1805-7 43
W.F. Wentzel'sJournals, 1805-o8 53
Declining Returns from the Mackenzie, 1807-15 57
Roderic McKenzie Correspondence, 1807-24 58
Aftermath, 1816-21 66
Wentzel's "Account of Mackenzies River with a Chart,"
1821 70
Conclusions 76
PART TWO:
NORTH WEST COMPANY DOCUMENTS 81
James Porter's Slave LakeJournal of 1800-1 83
John Thomson'sJournal of 1800-1 126
W.F. Wentzel'sJournals of 1802 and 1804-5 157
Alexander McKenzie'sJournal of 1805-6 207
Alexander Henry, Jr'sJournal of 1806 252
George Keith'sJournals of 1805-6 and 1806-7 259
W.F. Wentzel'sJournals and "Account of Mackenzies River,"
1805-21 288
Biographical Notes, Mackenzie River and Slave Lake
Districts, 1795-1821 365
Glossary 451
Notes 457
Bibliography 479
Index 489.