George Simpson [1792–1860]
b. 1792
d. 1860
Sources of biographical information about Simpson:
- Wikipedia. George Simpson
Events in the Mount Robson region in which Simpson was involved:
- 1824 Simpson recrossing Athabasca Pass
- 1824 Simpson and Ross cross Athabasca Pass from west
- 1826 Simpson orders use of YHP
Works pertinent to the Mount Robson region of which Simpson was author or co-author:
- — Fur trade and empire. George Simpson’s journal entitled Remarks connected with fur trade in consequence of a voyage from York Factory to Fort George and back to York Factory 1824-25. Frederick Merk, editor. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1931. University of British Columbia Library
- — Peace River: A Canoe Voyage from Hudson’s Bay to Pacific, by the Late Sir George Simpson (Governor, Hon. Hudson’s Bay Company.) In 1828: Journal of the Late Chief Factor, Archibald McDonald (Hon. Hudson’s Bay Company), Who Accompanied Him; Edited, with Notes by Malcolm McLeod, Barrister, etc.. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son., 1872