The Beaver, Vol. I July, 1921 No. 10

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Author

Hudson's Bay Company

Title

The Beaver, Vol. 1, No. 10, July, 1921

Credits

Produced by Bryan Ness, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

F1001: North America local history: Canada

Subject

Canada -- History -- Periodicals

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Text

eBook-No.

46574

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46574

Release Date

August 13, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Beaver A Journal of Progress — An H.B.C. Fur Brigade
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.The "Lords of the North" in Annual Conclave Commissioned Officers of H.B.C. Met in Grand Councils to Formulate Annual Plans for Administration of Vast Fur Districts; a Typical Meeting in 1878 By J. BROWN — Minutes of Council, 1878 — ENGLISH RIVER — EDMONTON — SASKATCHEWAN — CUMBERLAND — GRAND RAPIDS — NORWAY HOUSE — ISLAND LAKE — YORK FACTORY — MANITOBA — SWAN RIVER — LITTLE JOURNEYS TO FUR TRADE POSTS OF THE HUDSON'S BAY CO. — Hudson's Hope Post, B.C. By JOHN GREGG
4. 4.Discovery and Exploration of the Yukon (Pelly) River By ROBERT CAMPBELL, F.R.G.S. ( Former H.B.C. Chief Factor ) — Aged Fur Trader Moves
5. 5.A National Flag for Canada — Carrying Water — Arena Lust — H.B.C. Enters Consignment Fur Business Company Takes Over Warehouses of Defunct Nesbitt Firm; Will Strengthen London Market By PRO PELLE — Impressions of the Store Managers' Conference By F. F. HARKER — Humorous Extracts from Some Official Letters Written in all seriousness and not in the least intended to be humorous By C. C. SINCLAIR — "Some Reputation" — Suggestion Competition—Labrador District — FORT McMURRAY NEWS
6. 6.H.B.C. Fur Trade Post on San Francisco Bay, 1824 Company Did Not Own Million Acres of California Land, as Reported, but Had Two Fur Posts and Farms, Closed in 1832-49. By C. H. FRENCH — H.B.C. Aided Wilderness Wanderer — PAS MOUNTAIN POST NEWS — STANLEY POST (SASK.) NOTES — Buying Everything in Sight By P. H. GODSELL, Fort Simpson — As They Were — McKay Post Manager Dies B. F. Cooper Served H.B.C. Thirty-Seven Years in North — Tried for North Pole by Balloon H.B.C. Was on Lookout for Ill-Fated Andree Polar Party, 1896 By H. M. S. COTTER
7. 7.WHAT HAPPENED AT FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. DURING WINTER, 1921? From entries in the Post Journal by Manager A. F. Camsell
8. 8.The Englishman and The "Grizzly" A Bear Story With a Stinger By C. H. FRENCH — Pigeon Trap — Old Fur Trader Ill
9. 9.The Vanished Buffalo Herds of North America Kingly Race That Once Roamed a Continent Almost Wiped Out for "A Dollar a Hide"; Straggling Survivors Carefully Guarded By W. E. ANDERSON
10. 10.FAMOUS H.B.C. CAPTAINS AND SHIPS (Continued from the June issue) By H. M. S. COTTER, Cumberland House — F. T. C. O. Notes — KAMLOOPS, B. C. STORE NEWS — A True Fish Story By GEO. R. ROBSON, Esquimalt, B.C. — Gets Wheelbarrow-full of Aluminum Pans — MONTREAL — H.B.C. Eastern Buying Agency News — WINNIPEG — Retail Store News — Listening-in at an H.B.C. Dance! (Imaginary Scraps of Desiccated Conversation Collected at a Company Dance). — Joe Scott Tends Goal Against All-Stars By T. REITH — WHOLESALE DEPOT — Modern Canoes for Northland — LETHBRIDGE (Alta.) STORE NEWS — GENERAL OFFICE (WINNIPEG) NEWS — VANCOUVER — Watch These Ball Players From Now On By L. A. KEELE — No Skirts for This 4200-Foot Climb By A. HUMPHREYS — Presentation to Mr. Horne — H.B.C. Cribbage Players Win Baxter Cup — Wholesome Minds A Few Thoughts for Our Younger Folks (older ones not barred) By Mrs. Jack Hawkshaw — Leaving for New Posts at Victoria — The Wild Man — EDMONTON — Retail Store Topics — A. & A.A. Early Season Sports Events — LET'S FORGET IT BY J. PREST — Masquerade Baseball Match Amuses — CALGARY — New Department — The Adventures of Sales Book No. 666 ( Continued from June issue ) — The Story of Saleslip No. 1 — 700 Attend Eighth Annual Field Sports — Miss McColl Wins Prize in Music Festival
11. 11.H.B.C. Marine and River Transport News

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