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From 1600 to 1867
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Daily life and challenges for the various groups involved in the fur trade.

	Articles/Diaries/Ephemera/Journals -22- JJ Hargrave: Lower Fort Garry -19- JJ Hargrave: Buffalo Hunt -20- JJ Hargrave: Transportation -21- JJ Hargrave: Christmas -23 - JJ Hargrave: Upper Fort Garry -24- JJ Hargrave: Winter Activities -25- JJ Hargrave: Norway House -26- JJ Hargrave: Journey to Canada -27- Emma Caffin Jeffrey: Snowshoeing -28- Emma Caffin Jeffrey: Berry Picking -37- Frances Simpson: Fort William -38- Frances Simpson: Winnipeg River -39- Frances Simpson: Portages -40- Frances Simpson: Chief Peguis -41- Frances Simpson: Fort Garry Churches -42- Frances Simpson: Leaving Fort Garry -51- James Isham: York Fort -52- James Isham: Dogs and Martens -57- Nicholas Garry: Encampments -60- Daniel Harmon: Swan River -61- Daniel Harmon: Country Wives -63- Daniel Harmon: Family -76- James Knight: Taking Back the Fort -77- Thomas McCliesh: Successful Marten Trapping -78- Thomas McCliesh: Trading With Natives -97- John Tanner: Trapper for NWC & HBC -69- HBC London Committee: Employee Theft -1- Letitia Hargrave: York Factory -2- Letitia Hargrave: The Washing Woman -3- Letitia Hargrave: Livestock & Diet -4- Letitia Hargrave: Birth of Joseph James -5- Letitia Hargrave: Dr. Tolmie -6- Letitia Hargrave: Gardening Troubles -7- Letitia Hargrave: Winter -8- Letitia Hargrave: Food Rations -9- Letitia Hargrave: William, Birth & Death -10- Letitia Hargrave: Dangers of Life -43- Letitia Hargrave: Arrival, RM Ballantyne -44- Letitia Hargrave: Return, RMBallantyne -45- Letitia Hargrave: JJ's Health & Growth -46- Letitia Hargrave: Miss Mactavish -47- Letitia Hargrave: Meals -12- RM Ballantyne: York Factory -13- RM Ballantyne: York Boats -14- RM Ballantyne: Winter Activities -15- RM Ballantyne: Voyageur Brigade -16- RM Ballantyne: Bachelors Hall -17- RM Ballantyne: York Factory Trading Room -18- RM Ballantyne: Dog Cariole -35- RM Ballantyne: Letitia Hargrave -36- Frances Simpson: Journey Begins -54- La Verendrye (father): Relations with Cree -116- Peter Garrioch: Life at the Red River Settlement -120- Peter Fidler: Unpaid Accounts & Gunplay -121- Peter Fidler: Daily Activities -149- Ann Duncan: To Husband Alex. Duncan K1 - The Blue-fisted Paddle First White Woman in Edmonton (B10) Bard of the Prairies B11 - The Son of I. Gunn B12 - What Churchill Owes to a Woman B13 - A Winter Inspection Trip B15 - Romance Contract		Artifacts (M11) Navigator's Sextant (M14) Metis Frock Coat (M15) Prosthesis (Wooden Leg) (M23) Plains-type Blackfoot Arrow (M26) Tobacco Carrot, Reproduction (M29) Frances' Engraved Seal (M30) Simpson's Beaver Club Medal (M31) Copper Pot, Kettle (M34) Medicine Chest (M35) Mailbox Bench (PC2) Women's Things

	Artwork/Illustrations		Audio/Video (L5) Swampy Cree - Fish Trapping and Caribou Hunting (L1) Tale of an HBC Captain (Part 1): Kahkechewish - Black as Coal (L2) Tale of an HBC Captain (Part 2): Pe-nas Ki-yask [Bernard Gull] (L3) Tale of an HBC Mailman (Part 3): Nobody Knows His Name (L4) Tale of Other HBC Employees (Part 4): Fur Harvesters & Goose Camps

	Maps 11. Diagram of York Factory 245. Portaging from Hudson's Bay to Lake Winnipeg