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Map America with NWC posts 1817
Map America with NWC posts 1817
Atnah Indians
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Macoun, North-West Territory and Manitoba, 1882
Map number 13 in Vooris [1].
This map includes:
References:
- 1. 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 Britih Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]
Dawson’s map Northern B.C. 1879
Map number 81 in Vooris [1].
This map includes:
References:
- 1. 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 Britih Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]
North West Territory, Minister of Interior, 1877
Map number 16 in Vooris [1].
This map includes:
References:
- 1. 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 Britih Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]
Arrowsmith’s map of HBC territory 1857
Map of North America.
Drawn by J. Arrowsmith, 1857
Library and Archives Canada [accessed 10 February 2026]
Map of North America.
Drawn by J. Arrowsmith.
On this map, the territories claimed by the Hudson’s Bay Company in virtue of the charter granted to them by King Charles the Second, are coloured green the other British territories, pink & those of Russia, yellow.
1857
Map number 8 in Voorhis [1].
This map includes:
Fort Lac d’Orignal
Fort Fraser
Fort George
Fort Hudson’s Hope
Fort McLeod
Fort St. James
Jasper House
McLoud’s Fort
Rocky Mountain House
Fort Lac d’Orignal
Fort Fraser
Fort George
Fort Hudson’s Hope
Fort McLeod
Fort St. James
Jasper House
McLoud’s Fort
Rocky Mountain House
References:
- 1. 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]
Arrowsmith’s map North America 1850
Map number 100 in Historic Forts and Trading Posts, the enumeration of 600 forts and 150 maps of the fur trade by Ernest Voorhis [1859–1933] [1].
I’ve been unable o pin down this map; it is not John Arrowsmith’s map BC 1859.
This map includes:
Fort Chipewyan
Fort Fraser
Fort Hudson’s Hope
Fort McLeod
Fort St. James
Jasper House
Rocky Mountain House
Fort Chipewyan
Fort Fraser
Fort Hudson’s Hope
Fort McLeod
Fort St. James
Jasper House
Rocky Mountain House
References:
- 1. 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]
Arrowsmith’s map North America 1832
Map number 101 in Vooris [1].
This map includes:
References:
- 1. 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 Britih Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]
Davidson’s map North West Company 1817
America exhibiting principal trading stations of North West Co. in Davidson [1].
No. 5 in Voorhis [2].
This map includes:
References:
- 1. Davidson, Gordon Charles. The North West Company. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1918. Internet Archive [accessed 27 December 2025]
- 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 Britih Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]
Bowen’s map North America 1763
An accurate map of North America.
Bowen 1763
Library of Congress [accessed 19 January 2026]
An accurate map of North America. Describing and distinguishing the British, Spanish and French dominions on this great continent; according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763. Also all the West India Islands belonging to, and possessed by the several European princes and states. The whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick improvements.
London, Printed for Robt. Sayer.
Attributed to Welsh cartographer Emanuel Bowen [1694–1767].
Ernest Voorhis [1859–1933] in Historic Forts and Trading Posts mistakenly says this map shows Jasper House, “built in 1799 at outlet of Brûlé Lake and called Rocky Mountain House” [1].
This map includes:
Parts Unknown
Parts Unknown
References:
- 1. 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, Map No. 98. University of British Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]
Devine’s map North West part of Canada 1857
Map of the North West part of Canada.
Indian Territories & Hudson’s Bay
Library and Archives Canada [accessed 19 January 2026]
Map of the North West Part of Canada.
Indian Territories & Hudson’s Bay
Compiled & Drawn by Thos. Devine, Provincial Land Surveyor & Draftsman, by Order of the Hon. Joseph Cauchon, Commissioner of Crown Lands
Crown Lands Department
Toronto March, 1857.
Profiles of a) Route for Pacific railroad from St. Pauls Mississippi River to Puget Sound No. I, b) Mouth of Kansas River to Fort Vancouver Columbia River No. II. c) Council Bluff Missouri River to San Francisco Pacific Ocean No. III; d) Westport to the River Savier Utah No. IV Erebus & Terror Bay 1 1/2″ x 2 1/4″
Map No. 12 in Voorhis [1].
This map includes:
Acton House
Acton House
References:
- 1. 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]