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shoulders, the intellectual was well set upon the physical. His deeds 

 have never been trumpeted as those of some of the others, but in the 

 westwai'd exploration of the North West-Company no man performed 

 more valuable service, or estimated his achievements more modestly.' 



LIST OF FORTS AND TRADING POSTS, THE POSITIONS OF 



WHICH ARE GIVEN BY DAVID THOMPSON IN HIS 



FIELD NOTE-BOOKS 



BELONGING TO THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. 



York Factory, on Hudson's Bay, in Lat. 57° 1' 26^', Long. 92° 29' 20". 



Seepaywisk House, on Seepaywisk Lake, in Lat. 55° 3' 15". Long. 97° 

 41' 30", Var. of Compass (1792) 12° 30' east. 



Chatham House, on Chatham (Wintering) Lake, in Lat. 55° 23' 40", Long. 

 97° 44' 34". 



Reed Lake House, on Reed Lake, in Lat. 54° 36' 17", Long. 100° 36' 50", 

 Var (1795) lOf east. 



Duck Portage House, on the south side of Duck Portage, in Lat. 55° 40' 36", 

 Long 102° 7' 37". Var. (1796) 15° east. 



Fairford House, on the Missinippi, one mile below the mouth of Deer River, 

 Lat. 55° 33' 28", Long. 103° 10'. 



Bedford House, on the west side of Deer Lake, in Lat. 57° 23', Long. 102° 

 58' 35". 



Cumberland House, on the south side of Pine Island Lake, in Lat. 53° 56' 

 44", Long 102° 13' Var. (1790) 11° 30' east. 



South Branch House, on the South Saskatchewan River, (probably near 

 Batoche). 



Lower Crossing of the North Saskatchewan River, Lat. 52° 57' 48", Long. 

 106° 30' 30". 



Upper Hudson's House, on the North Saskatchewan, 3 miles below the 

 Lower Crossing, (in Sec. 32, Tp. 46, R. 3, west of the 3rd Initial Meridian). 



Lower Hudson's House, on the same river, 11^ miles below the last named 

 place. 



