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Trappers who received permits from the French government were known as voyageurs1869
Credits:"Voyageurs" by Frances Anne Hopkins
National Archives of Canada
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After Canadian Confederation, the Hudson's Bay Company quickly lost control over its territories. In 1869, the Company signed the land over to the British government in a Deed of Surrender, giving Rupert's Land to the Canadian government in exchange for £300 000. According to the agreement, the Company kept 120 trading posts, as well as a claim to 1/20 of the land in any township settled in the southern prairies for the next fifty years.16
The Hudson's Bay Company
Ranks of the Hudson's Bay Company
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The usual route for a young man entering service with the Hudson's Bay Company was to serve a five-year apprenticeship as a clerk. If he successfully completed this trial period, he could be promoted through the ranks to chief trader (second-in-command of a large district or in charge of a depot), and chief factor (the highest ranking Commissioned Officer; he had the right to sit at the annual meeting of the council and vote on promotions for clerks and Chief Traders).The territory controlled by the Company was divided into Northern and Southern Departments, which were subdivided into districts. Each district was overseen by a chief factor. In addition to their main duty of trading furs, employees of the Hudson's Bay Company had to keep the peace and render justice.
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A map showing the districts of the HBC territory as they were defined in 18301830
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The Hudson's Bay Company
Governor George Simpson
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George Simpson was one of the key figures in the Hudson's Bay Company for the duration of James Anderson's career. Simpson, who was born in Scotland, first became involved in the Hudson's Bay Company as a shareholder in 1808, then a member of the governing committee in 1809. He was sent to Athabasca in 1820, as the acting Governor for Rupert's Land.In 1821, after the merger of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, George Simpson became Governor of the entire Northern Department.
At the time of the merger, the company had 173 posts - 76 from the HBC, and 97 from the NWC. They needed to be reorganized to make them more profitable; Simpson successfully undertook this task.
In 1826, Simpson was appointed dual Governorship of the Northern and Southern Departments of Rupert's Land. He established headquarters at Lachine, near Montreal. He remained Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in North America until he retired, in ill health, shortly before his death in 1860. He is buried in Mount Royal Cemetery in Montréal.
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George Simpson (1787-1860), Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1826-1860)1857
Credits:Archives of Ontario, 10027769
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