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In this there was a remarkable example of the modesty of the 

 explorer. It was said that the head officer of the Compan}^ in 

 writing to him called the fort Campbell's Fort, but the sturdy 

 trader maintained that he knew no such fort, and insisted upon 

 calling his post Fort Selkirk. For many years the fort, which 

 now lies in ruins, was known in the region as " Campbell's Fort." 



IT IS THE YUKON! 



While the ardent explorers, along the west of the moun- 

 tains, had been thus doing their work, another movement was 



PEEL'S RIVER POST (Fort McPherson) 



taking place down the Mackenzie river. That tine navigable 

 river was descended from Fort Simpson, and its mouth reached 

 on the Arctic ocean. One of the rivers flowing into the delta 

 is the Peel. Going up this a short distance, the traders had 

 come to a point where, by a portage of ninety miles, they were 

 able to reach the Porcupine river, and descending this they 

 came upon the grand river of Alaska, the Yukon. Thus reach- 

 ing the junction of the Porcupine and Yukon in 1847, the 

 Hudson's Bay Company's trader, A. H. Murray, erected Fort 

 Yukon, and entered upon the fur trade of the Company. This 

 advance movement of the Company had been encouraged by the 



