The Hudson’s Bay Company History Foundation, with help from the province of Manitoba, is digitizing more than 1,000 reels of microfilm copies of pre-1870 trading post records, making them available online.
Hudson’s Bay Company Archives estimates the reels contain close to 20,000 volumes of records. They will be processed and integrated into the Archives of Manitoba’s online database.
Bronwen Quarry, an archivist with Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, told CTV, “Our project specifically relates to records created between 1670 and 1870, and specifically post records.”
The records include post journals, accounts and district reports that provide information about the history of the fur trade, North American exploration and the development of Canada as a country.
This project is one of 150 that will mark Manitoba’s 150th anniversary in 2020. Next year will also mark the Hudson’s Bay Company’s 350th anniversary.
Read more and find a link to photos in this CTV report.
I am looking for any info on a Walter Lanceolot Creyke who was with HBC company in Telegraph Creek BC. He is my dauhter’s g grandfather and would like to know more of he thank you. Darlene