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Place Names Along The Trails Of Early Explorers
A historical survey traces Manitoba place names tied to 17th and 18th century exploration. It covers Hudson Bay voyages, fur trade posts, key figures like Hudson, Button, Radisson, By lot, Kelsey, Henday, La Verendrye, and early routes from York Factory to the Red and Assiniboine forks. The piece notes fortifications, charters, and the shift from voyage discovery to surveying and mapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Passage
Far East
Ruperts’ Land
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Lake of the Woods
Winnipeg River
Henry Hudson
Sir Thomas Button
Francis Nelson
Jens Munck
Munck
Luke Foxe
Thomas James
James Bay
London
Pierre Radisson
Groseil- Hers
Canadian
Gillam
Groseilliers
Governor and Company of Adventurers of
England
Hudson's Bay
Hudson's Bay Company
York Factory
Churchill River
Company
Lord Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Henry Kelsey
Churchill
Dering Point
Deering Point
Saskatchewan River
Moose Lake
Edward Dering
Company of Adventurers
Bay
Prince of Wales
Admiral Perouse
Samuel Hearne
Anthony Henday
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes
Sieur de la Verendrye
Fort Rouge
Winnipeg
Red
Assiniboine
Fort la Reine
Portage la Prairie
Lake Manitoba
Fort Dauphin
Winnipegosis
Fort Bourbon
Cedar Lake
Fort Paskoyac
Basquia
Pas
Nor'Westers
Hayes River
Lake Winnipeg
Forks
Lake Superior
Montreal
Roseau River
Northwest
Philip