North of Athabasca Slave Lake and Mackenzie River documents of the North West Company, 1800-1821 /

North of Athabasca Slave Lake and Mackenzie River documents of the North West Company, 1800-1821 / [electronic resource] : edited with an introduction by Lloyd Keith. - Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001. - xviii, 504 p. : ill., maps. - Rupert's Land Record Society series . - Rupert's Land Record Society series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-488) and index.

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.


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North West Company--History--Sources.
North West Company--Biography.
North West Company--Histoire--Sources.
North West Company--Biographies.
North West Company.--History--Sources.
North West Company.--History.


Fur trade--History--Northwest Territories--Great Slave Lake Region--19th century--Sources.
Fur trade--History--Northwest Territories--Mackenzie River Region--19th century--Sources.
Indigenous peoples--History--Northwest Territories--Great Slave Lake Region--19th century--Sources.
Indigenous peoples--History--Northwest Territories--Mackenzie River Region--19th century--Sources.
Fourrures--Commerce--Histoire--Territoires du Nord-Ouest--Esclaves, Region du Grand lac des--19e siecle--Sources.
Fourrures--Commerce--Histoire--Territoires du Nord-Ouest--Mackenzie, Region du--19e siecle--Sources.
Autochtones--Histoire--Territoires du Nord-Ouest--Esclaves, Region du Grand lac des--19e siecle--Sources.
Autochtones--Histoire--Territoires du Nord-Ouest--Mackenzie, Region du--19e siecle--Sources.


Northwest Territories--Biography.
Great Slave Lake Region (N.W.T.)--History--19th century--Sources.
Mackenzie River Region (N.W.T.)--History--19th century--Sources.
Territoires du Nord-Ouest--Biographies.
Esclaves, Region du Grand lac des (T.N.-O.)--Histoire--19e siecle--Sources.
Mackenzie, Region du (T.N.-O.)--Histoire--19e siecle--Sources.
Great Slave Lake (N.W.T.)--History--19th century--Sources.
Mackenzie River (N.W.T.)--History--19th century--Sources.
Northwest Territories--Genealogy.


Electronic books.

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