 | English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786 Subjects: North West Company -- History -- Sources; Fur trade -- Canada -- History -- 18th century -- Sources; Northwest Canadian -- History -- To 1870 -- Sources; North West Company -- History; Fur trade -- Canada -- History -- 18th century; Northwest Canadian -; The arrival of Montreal-based fur trader Peter Pond in Athabaska territory in 1778 and the establishment of the first trading post within the watershed of the Mackenzie River marked the beginning of a period of intense northern exploration. Alexander Mackenzie's voyages to the Arctic and Pacific oceans quickly brought the Canadian north west to European attention. Duckworth Harry W. : Harry W. Duckworth is a retired professor of chemistry at the University of Manitoba and editor of The English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786. |
