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The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company

APPENDIX C.

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List of Hudson's Bay Company Posts in 1856, with the Several Districts and the Number of Indians in Each.

Athabasca District (1,550)—

Fort Chipewyan.

Dunvegan.

Vermilion.

Fond du Lac.

Mackenzie River District (10,430)—

Fort Simpson.

Fort au Liard.

Fort Halkett.

Yukon.

Peel's River.

Lapierre's House.

Fort Good Hope.

Fort Rae.

Fort Resolution.

Big Island.

Fort Norman.

English River District (1,370)—

Ile à la Crosse.

Rapid River.

Green Lake.

Deer's Lake.

Portage la Loche.

Saskatchewan District (28,050)—

Edmonton.

Carlton.

Fort Pitt.

Rocky Mount House.

Lac la Biche.

Lesser Slave Lake.

Fort Assiniboine.

Jasper's House.

Fort à la Corne.

Cumberland District (750)—

Cumberland House.

Moose Lake.

The Pas.

Swan River District (2,200)—

Fort Pelly.

Fort Ellice.

Qu'Appelle Lakes.

Shoal River.

Touchwood Hills.

Egg Lake.

Red River District (8,250, including half-breeds and whites)—

Fort Garry.

Lower Fort Garry.

White House Plain.

Pembina.

Manitoba.

Reed Lake.

Lac la Pluie District (2,850)—

Fort Frances.

Fort Alexander.

Rat Portage.

White Dog.

Lac du Bonnet.

Lac de Boisblanc.

Shoal Lake.

Norway House District (1,080)—

Norway House.

Berens River.

Nelson River.

York District (1,500)—

York Factory.

Churchill.

Severn.

Trout Lake.

Oxford House.

Albany District (1,100)—

Albany Factory.

Marten's Falls.

Osnaburg.

Lac Seul.

Kinogumissee District (400)—

Metawagamingue.

Kuckatoosh.

Lake Superior District (1,330)—

Michipicoten.

Batchewana.

Mamainse.

Pic.

Long Lake.

Lake Nipigon.

Fort William.

Pigeon River.

Lac d'Orignal.

Lake Huron District (1,100)—

Lacloche.

Little Current.

Mississangie.

Green Lake.

Whitefish Lake.

Sault Ste. Marie District (150)—

Sault Ste. Marie.

Moose District (730)—

Moose Factory.

Hannah Bay.

Abitibi.

New Brunswick.

East Main District (700)—

Great Whale River.

Little Whale River.

Fort George.

Rupert's River District (985)—

Rupert's House.

Mistasini.

Teniskamay.

Waswonaby.

Mechiskan.

Pike Lake.

Nitchequon.

Kaniapiscow.

Temiscamingue District (1,030)—

Temiscamingue House.

Grand Lac.

Kakabeagino.

Lake Nipissing.

Hunter's Lodge.

Temagamingue.

Fort Coulonge District (375)—

Lac des Allumettes.

Joachin.

Matawa.

Lac des Sables District (150)—

Buckingham.

Rivière Desert.

Lachine District—

Lachine House.

St. Maurice District (280)—

Three Rivers.

Weymontachingue.

Kikandatch.

King's Posts District (1,100)—

Tadoussac.

Chicoutimé.

Lake St. John's.

Ile Jérémie.

Godbout.

Sepen Islands.

Mingan District (700)—

Mingan.

Musquarro.

Natosquan.

Esquimaux Bay District (500)—

North-West River.

Fort Nascopie.

Rigolette.

Kikokok.

Columbia District (2,200)—

Fort Vancouver.

Umpqua.

Cape Disappointment.

Chinook Point.

Carveeman.

Champoeg.

Nisqually.

Cowelitz.

Colville District (2,500)—

Fort Colville.

Pend Oreilles River.

Flat Heads.

Kootenay.

Okanagan.

Snake Country District (700)—

Walla Walla.

Fort Hall.

Fort Boisé.

Vancouver Island District (12,000)—

Fort Victoria.

Fort Rupert.

Nanaimo.

Fraser River District (4,000)—

Fort Langley.

N.W. Coast District (45,000)—

Fort Simpson.

Thomson River District (2,000)—

Kamloops.

Fort Hope.

New Caledonia District (12,000)—

Stuart Lake.

McLeod's Lake.

Fraser's Lake.

Alexandria.

Fort George.

Babines.

Conolly's Lake.

Honolulu (Sandwich Isles).

Total, 34 Districts:—

Indians 149,060

Not enumerated 6,000

Eskimos 4,000

Total 159,060

Less whites and half-breeds 10,000

149,060

In all under Hudson's Bay Company rule, about 150,000.

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