A map exhibiting the principal trading stations of the North West Company, 1817
University of British Columbia Library
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A map exhibiting the principal trading stations of the North West Company,1817 [detail]
University of British Columbia Library
A Map of America,
Between Latitudes 40° and 70° North, and Longitudes 80° and 150° West,
Exhibiting the Principal Trading Stations of the
North West Company.
The map appears in Notice respecting the boundary between His Majesty’s possessions in North America and the United States, 1817, a 12-page booklet attributed to Simon McGillivray [1785–1840]. [1] McGillivray played a role in merging the family-owned North West Company with the rival Hudson’s Bay Company in 1821.
This map is similar to Sax’s map of North America, 1818.
This map is cited by Ernest Voorhis [1859–1933] in Historic Forts and Trading Posts as Map No. 5, “America exhibiting principal trading stations of North West Co. in Davidson’s North West Co., London 1817” [2]. Gordon Charles Davidson [1884–1922] published The North West Company in 1918, containing the same map [3].
Athabasca Country
Athabasca Pass
Canoe River
Canoe Encampment [A NWC post indicated here]
Finlay River [as “Finlay’s Bra.”]
Fraser River [as “Fraser’s R.”]
Mackenzie River [as “MacKenzie Riv.”]
Peace River [as “Unjigah or Peace R.”]
Unjigah River [as “Unjigah or Peace R.”]
Tribes
Atnah Indians
Beaver Indians
Blackfoot Indians
Blood Indians
Kootana Indians
Nagailer Indians
Nanscud Denees
Rocky Mountain Indians
Snake Indians [or Snare Indians, “now destroyed”]
Snav Indians
Stony Indians
- 1. McGillivray, Simon [1785–1840], attributed. Notice respecting the boundary between His Majesty’s possessions in North America and the United States; with a map of America, between latitudes 40° and 70° North, and longitudes 80° and 150° West; exhibiting the principal trading stations of the North-West Company; and intended to accompany the narrative of occurrences in the Indian countries of North America, connected with the Earl of Selkirk, the Hudson’s Bay and the North-West Companies. London: B. McMillan, 1817. University of British Columbia Library
- 2. Voorhis, Ernest [1859–1933]. Historic Forts and Trading Posts of the French Régime and of the English Fur Trading Companies. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1930. University of British Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]
- 3. Davidson, Gordon Charles [1884–1922]. The North West Company. Reissued 1967 by Russell & Russell, 1918. HathiTrust [accessed 21 January 2026]