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HBC governor George Simpson happened to be at Fort Vancouver at the time, and he both sympathized with Smith and chastised him for treating the Indians harshly.
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# 1822 – 1852 Sir John Henry Pellyin 1826, Simpson becomes governor of HBC
In 1670, the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ) was granted a charter by King Charles II, giving it a trading monopoly over the watershed of all rivers and streams flowing into Hudson Bay, thereby making the HBC owners of the whole of Rupert's Land ( named in honour of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the king's cousin and the company's first governor ).
Catholic Bishop Taché, the Anglican bishop of Rupert's land Robert Machray, and the HBC governor of Assiniboia William Mactavish all warned the government that such surveys would precipitate unrest.
George SimpsonThe first buildings built at the fort in 1830 were the " fur loft ", which housed the company store, small warehouse and trader's office, and the " Big House " ( residence for the governor of the HBC or other high-ranking officials ).
Between May and September, costumed interpreters recreate life at Lower Fort Garry in the early 1850s when Eden Colvile was inland governor of the HBC and in residence at the fort.
After a reorganization of the HBC in the mid 1860's where he was only one of two to remain, he became deputy governor in 1871, governor in 1880 and retired in 1889.
New Caledonia continued over the next few years to be administered by the HBC, whose regional chief executive, James Douglas, also happened to be governor of Vancouver Island.
Named for Andrew Colville, a London governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, it was part of the Columbia fur district of the HBC, and was an important stop on the York Factory Express trade route to London via Hudson Bay.
Abraham decided to sail back to England in the spring of 1684, but returned to Port Nelson when he received a commission as governor from the HBC while en route.
HBC and George
In a 9 March 2006 press release, HBC announced that Zucker would replace George Heller as the new Governor and CEO, to become the first US citizen to lead the company.
Sir George Simpson then instructed Alexander Ross to organize and lead a party of Red River Colony settlers over the Rockies into the Columbia District, to settle on the HBC farms.
In 1841 James Sinclair guided more than 100 settlers from the Red River Colony to settle on HBC farms near Fort Vancouver, on orders from Sir George Simpson.
In 1841, on orders from HBC Governor Sir George Simpson, James Sinclair guided nearly 200 settlers from the Red River Colony west in an attempt to retain the area for Britain.
With James Hill, Kittson joined forces with HBC representative Donald Alexander Smith and Montreal banker George Stephen to purchase the struggling Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, reorganizing it into the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway.
Connolly, fearing for Douglas ' life, asked HBC Governor George Simpson to transfer Douglas elsewhere.
Her brother George was also employed by the HBC, and it is also possible that she was enticed to join by his stories of adventure.
Ignoring Nixon's criticisms of him, the HBC promoted Abraham to Captain of The George in 1683 and set sail for Port Nelson, where a fort had been established the previous year by Governor John Bridgar.
In 1820 he was largely responsible for sending out Sir George Simpson ( administrator ) to take charge of HBC affairs in Canada.
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In 1830, Ogden was sent north to establish a new HBC post named Fort Simpson near the mouth of the Nass River in British Columbia.
" ( Journal of Emilius Simpson ; HBC Archives ' accession B223 / a / 3 1826 Folio 39D-41 ) Source: included with note
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The HBC post operated until at least 1870, even though it was known to be south of the border.
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That same year, the U. K. Parliament passed a statute requiring that the laws of Upper Canada be enforced by the HBC in Rupert's Land and the Columbia District.
Employees of the HBC were said to be especially supportive, although they and many others could not make their opinion public because of fears of being denounced as disloyal.
This can be read in the HBC archives.
Guessing that the 49th parallel border would be extended to the Pacific and considering the difficulties of the Columbia Bar he proposed to move the HBC headquarters to what is now Victoria, British Columbia, a move that earned him the enmity of John McLoughlin who had done much to develop the Columbia district.
Once the crown lease the HBC held expired in 1859, it had become possible for claims to be staked by others.
In 1849 Britain leased the entirety of Vancouver Island to the HBC with a condition that a colony was to be created.
He inspected about of HBC lands in the vicinity as well as the land grant to be given to the Galt Company for building the Dunmore-Lethbridge narrow gauge railway.
HBC Rewards Points can be redeemed for items found in the HBC Rewards catalogue and on the rewards website.
Every year in August a new catalogue for HBC rewards comes out with various products that you can redeem HBC Rewards Points for, for selected items in the catalogue, money can be combined with redeemed points to purchase the product.
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In addition to HBC companies, HBC Reward points can be collected at Esso, Thrifty Car Rental, Dollar Rent A Car, Travelodge and MotorPlus.
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The former HBC Fort Dallas at Camchin, the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers, was renamed in his honour by Governor Sir James Douglas in 1858 as Lytton, British Columbia.
Throughout the 1820s and 1830s, the HBC controlled nearly all trading operations in the Pacific Northwest, based out of the company headquarters at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River.
Exploration and settlement of the Cascades region by Europeans and Americans was accelerated by the establishment of a major trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ) at Fort Vancouver near today's Portland, Oregon.
Smith managed to reach the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ) post at Fort Vancouver, where he received aid.
The murder of an HBC man by an XY man at Fort de l ' Isle led to the Canada Jurisdiction Act which extended Quebec law to western Canada.
The capture and destruction of the North West Company's Fort Gibraltar in 1816, caused further anger at the HBC from the Nor ' westers and the local Métis.
They were met by Semple and a group of HBC men and settlers south of Fort Douglas along the Red River at a location known to the English as Seven Oaks, or la Grenouillière ( Frog Plain ) by the Métis.
The HBC was able to offer manufactured trade goods at prices far below that with which American fur companies could compete.
Finding himself outgunned by a larger English ship, he fled south and captured the new HBC base at Fort Severn.
Friction between Indians and whites was relatively minor during these early encounters ; however, in 1834 an HBC expedition led by Michel Laframboise was reported to have killed 11 Rogue River natives, and shortly thereafter a party led by an American trapper, Ewing Young, shot and killed at least two more.
* 1669: HBC Ft. Charles, at foot of James Bay, becomes Ft. Rupert.
* 1671-84: HBC Forts at mouths of Bay rivers: Moose 1671 ; Severn 1680 ; Albany 1683 ; York, finally on Hayes.
Using the British garrison at Fort Boise, it drove Wyeth's company out of the region and forced them to sell Fort Hall to the HBC.
He was rescued by Michel LaFramboise, a Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ) employee at Fort Umpqua near present-day Tyee.
In Oregon, Kelley and his party found themselves excluded by John McLoughlin, district chief at Fort Vancouver of the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ).
The HBC agents who came to collect them at Fort Assomption named these sashes lassomption or l ’ Assomption sash in the accounting books.
This was at the time of conflict between the HBC and the Northwest Company.
He took the Beaver ( steamship ) to the Russian post at Sitka, Alaska and then another boat as far south as Santa Barbara, California stopping at the HBC post of Yerba Buena, California on San Francisco Bay.
After leaving the HBC, he started an independent store at Fort Garry, with the blessing of the HBC.
He was allowed a special license to trade furs to prevent furs from being traded at the American fur trade post at Pembina, North Dakota, and was granted many contracts from the HBC.
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