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Voyage Memoir of Harmon 1805 River Expedition to Fort Alexander
Daniel Williams Harmon of the North West Company documents his 1805 journey by river from Fort Alexander to Portage La Prairie and Bas de la Riviere Winnipeg. He notes a low river, prairie fires, feed shortages, rival posts at Souris River, a North West dance, early French missionaries, sturgeon catches, and a later rendezvous at Fort William with interior NW Company officers.
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Daniel Williams Harmon
North West Company
Fort Alexander
Winnipeg River
Assiniboine River
Qu’Appelle
Assiniboine
Montagne A la Bosse
Virden
Montagne
Souris River
Fort la. Souris
Mouse River
Harmon
Hudson’s Bay
XY Company
North West
Hudson’s Bay Company
Darmon
Pine River
Portage
Portage la. Prairies
Red Rivers
Lake Winnipeg
Great Lake Ouinipick
Bas de la Riviere Winnipeg