Collection search - Section of canoe route between Fort William and Red River as surveyed in August 1857. W.H.E. Napier; Red River Settlement, Dec. 10th 1857 [cartographic material]

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Section of canoe route between Fort William and Red River as surveyed in August 1857. W.H.E. Napier; Red River Settlement, Dec. 10th 1857 [cartographic material]

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1857

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Local class no.: MIC/400/1857

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MIC/400/1857

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4138505

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Section of canoe route between Fort William and Red River as surveyed in August 1857. W.H.E. Napier; Red River Settlement, Dec. 10th 1857
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Date(s):

1857

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Canada

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s.n.,

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1 map : Ozalid print ; 64.8 x 85.8.

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English

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Draftsman: Napier, William Henry Edward, 1829-1894

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Profile plan of the route showing the relief and height of water above datum line level of Lake Superior. The lakes, rivers, rapids, portages, islands and location of the forts indicated.
from Dept. of Lands and Forests Toronto
The Red River Settlement developed at the forks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers on land granted to Lord Selkirk by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1811. By 1869, the settlement was a vibrant community, with a free enterprise system and established judicial and civic institutions, centred on the retail stores, hotels, trading undertakings and saloons. The Métis were the dominant demographic group in the Settlement, comprising around 85 percent of the population, and held leadership positions in business, church and government.
Fort William and Grand Portage were the two starting points for the canoe route westward from the Great Lakes.
The French had a series of forts in the Thunder Bay area prior to 1759 but they were closed with British control. The North West Company (NW Co.) re-established the fur trade in the area with a fort at Grand Portage (Minnesota). The fort would act as a midway transshipment (break-in-bulk) point between the company's inland posts and Montreal. The 1794 Jay Treaty acknowledged American control of the Grand Portage area. In 1803, the NW Co. moved to a new post on the Kaministiquia River. It was named Fort William after William McGillivray. With the 1821 union of the NW Co. with the Hudson's Bay Company, most of Fort William's trade shifted to York Factory on Hudson Bay.

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Scale Hor. 1:126,720; Vert. 1:1,200

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The microfiche version is NMC123266 (7 sect)

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