Bourgeois of the Northwest Company

List of proprietors, clerks, interpreters etc. of the North-West Company (the old Company), who severed in the Indian Department in 1799.

Athabaska
John Finlay (proprietor), Simon Fraser, James MacKenzie, Duncan Livingston, John Stwart, James Porter, John Thompson, James MacDougall, G. F. Wintzel, John Heinbrucks

Upper English River
Angus Shaw (proprietor), Donald MacTavish (proprietor), Alexander MacKay, Antoine Tourangeau, Joseph Cartier, Simon Reaume

Lower English River
Alexander Fraser (proprietor), John MacGillivray, Robert Henry, Louis Versailles, Charles Messier, Pierre Hurteau

Fort Dauphin
A. N. McLeod (proprietor), Hugh McGillis, Michel Allary, Alexander Farguson, Edward Harrison, Joseph Grenon, Francois Nolin, Nicholas Montour

Upper Fort des Prairies and Rocky Mountains
Daniel Mackenzie (proprietor), John MacDonald (proprietor), James Hughes, Louis Chatellain, James King, Francois Decoigne, Pierre Charette, Pierre Jerome, Baptiste Bruno, David Thompson, J. Duncan Campbell, Alexander Stewart, Jacques Raphael, Francois Deschamps

Lower Fort des Prairies
Pierre Belleau, Baptiste Roy, J. B. Filande, Baptiste Larose

Upper Red River
John Macdonell (proprietor), George MacKay, J. Macdonell, jnr., Joseph Auger, Pierre Falcon, Francois Mallette, William Munro, Andre Poitvin

Lower Red River
Charles Chaboillez (proprietor), Alexander Henry, J. B. Desmarais, Francois Coleret, Antoine Dejarlet, Louis Giboche

Lac Winipic
William MacKay (proprietor), John Cameron, Donald MacIntosh, Benj. Frobisher, Jac. Dupont, Joseph Laurent, Gabriel Attina, Francois Amoit

Nipigon
Duncan Cameron (proprietor), Ronald Cameron, Dugald Cameron, Jac. Adhemar, J. Bte. Chevalier, Allen MacFarlane, J. Bte. Pominville, Fred. Shults

Pic
J. B. Perrault, Augustin Roy

Michipicoten and the Bay
Lemaire St-Germain, Baptiste St-Germain, Leon Chnier

Sault and Sloop "Otter"
John Burns, John Bennet

South of Lake Superior
Michel Cadotte (partner), Michel Cadotte (partner), Simeon Charrette, Charles Gauthier, Pierre Bejarge (Baillarge)

Fonds du Lac
John Sayer (proprietor), J. B. Cadotte, Charles Bousquet, Jean Coton, Ignace Chenier, Joseph Reaume, Eustache Roussin, Vincent Roy

Lac La Pluie
Peter Grant (proprietor), Arch. MacLellan, Charles Latour, Mich. Machard

Grand Portage
Doctor Munro, Charles Hesse, Zacharie Clouthier, Antoine Colin, Jacques Vandreil, Francois Boileau, _______ Bruce





Simon Fraser (1776 - 1862)

Simon Fraser (1776 - 1862)
Born in Vermont of Loyalist Scottish-Catholic parents, Simon Fraser immigrated to Canada in 1784 with his widowed mother. Fraser was a relative of Simon McTavish, the principal director of the North West Company, and entered that company as an apprentice at the age of 16. A clerk in Athabasca in 1799, he became one of the associates of the North West Company in 1801.

Simon Fraser
© Public Domain
The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia A.G. Morice; Toronto, William Briggs, 1905. Source: National Library of Canada



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