Recollections of a Chief Trader in the Hudson’s Bay Company:

• Other Authors: Mckay, Joseph William (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1878
• Subjects: Hudson's Bay Company; Hudson's Bay Company. > Indians of North America > Northwest; Pacific. > Port Simpson (B.C.); Canada; Pacific; Queen Charlotte; Fort Simpson; Bancroft; Port Simpson; Charlotte Island; Queen Charlotte Island
• Online Access: https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A54719/datastream/OBJ/download; http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b11221432~S1; https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A54719

McKay came from Canada to Fort Vancouver in the Hudson's Bay Company service in 1844. Describes disturbed conditions in the old Oregon country, in consequence of the American influx; duties in 1845-1846 escorting British officers; visit to San Francisco and Hawaii in 1846 on Company business; Frémont's activities; experiences in charge of Fort Simpson, 1846-1849; relations with the Russian American Company and Indians of the Northwest Coast; duties on Vancouver Island, 1850; discovery of gold on Queen Charlotte Island, 1851, and of coal at Bellingham Bay, 1853; life at Fort Simpson during the Crimean War. Includes typed transcript. McKay, Joseph William. Recol[l]ections of a Chief trader in the Hudson's Bay Company, BANC MSS P-C 24, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.