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mates or comparison.s between one or more trade years or outfits, it 

 would be well to remember these r(dati\e facts. 



The immense northern department of the Hudson's Bay Compau}^ 

 may l)e briefly described as comprising tlie countiy extending from 

 the international boundai-y in latitude 49 iiortii to the shores of the 

 polar ocean in latitude TO north, a distance of some 1,500 miles. Its 

 longitudinal breadth ranges from 92' to 122 and 141'' west, and may 

 average between 1,100 and 1,200 miles. The trading posts and sta- 

 tions (many of them have since been abandoned, and others reorgainzed 

 or newly established) were as follows: 



MACKENZIE KIVER DISTRICT. 



1. Fort Simpson (headquarter.s). 



2. Fort l^esolution. 



3. Fort Kae. 



4. Fort Liard. 



5. Fort Nelson (reestablished 1865). 



6. Fort Norman (Great Bear Lake). 



7. Fort Good Hope. 



8. Fort McPherson (Peel River). 



9. Fort Yukon (Alaska). 



10. La Pierre House. 



11. Big Island. 



ATHABASCA DISTRICT. 



12. Fort Chipewyan (headquarters). 



13. Fort Vermilion. 



14. Fort Dunvegan. 



15. Fort St. Johns. 



16. Fond du Lac. 



17. Salt River. 



ENGLISH RIVER DISTRICT. 



18. Isle a la Crosse (headquarters). 



19. Portage La Loehe. 



20. Green Lake. 



21. Cold Lake. 



22. Rapid River (Stanley). 



23. Reindeer Lake. 



CUMBERLAND DISTRICT. 



24. Cumberland House (headrpiarters). 



25. Nepovvin. 



26. The Pas. 



27. Moose Lake. 



28. Chimawawin (Cedar Lake). 



29. Grand Rapids (Saskatchewan River). 



SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICT. 



30. Fort Fdmonton (headquarters) 



31. Fort Victoria. 



32. Fort Pitt. 



SASK ATCHEW A N DISTRICT COntillUcd. 



33. Fort Carlton. 



34. Fort a la Corne. 



35. Jasper House. 



36. Rocky Mountain House. 



37. Lac St. Anne. 



38. Turtle Lake. 



39. Buffalo Lake. 



40. Whitefish Lake. 



41. St. Albert. 



42. St. Paul. 



43. Lesser Sla\e Lake. 



SWAN KIVER DLSTRICT. 



44. Fort Pelly (lieadquarters). 



45. Fort Qu'apitelle. 



46. FortEUice. 



47. Thunder Hills. 



48. Egg Lake. 



49. Shoal River. 



50. Duck Bay. 



51. Water Hen River. 



52. Fairford. 



53. Manitoba House. 



RED RIVER DISTRICT. 



Fort Garry (lieadquarters). 

 Stone Fort (Lower Fort Garry 



56. Pembina. 



57. White Horse Plains. 

 Portage La Prairie. 

 Souris River. 



60. St. Laurent. 



61. Oak Point. 



54. 

 55. 



58. 

 59. 



LAC LA PLUIE DISTRICT. 



62. Fort Alexander (headquarters] 



63. Fort Frances. 



64. Rat Portage. 



65. LacSeul. 



