Collection search - R.C. Mission on Lac La Loche, Sask

Described by the RECON project.
La Loche is a village in northwest Saskatchewan on Lac La Loche. At Lac La Loche's northern end is the Methyl Portage or Portage La Loche. Fur trade brigades such as the Portage La Loche Brigade from Fort Garry arrived from the south while the Athabasca and Mackenzie brigades came from the north. These brigades distributed provisions to the numerous posts along their routes while the furs were transported to York Factory on the Hudson Bay for shipment to England.
The Métis are the larger population in the northern village of La Loche, with the Dene making up the larger population on the nearby Clearwater River Dene Nation.