APPENDIX C.

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List of Hudson's Bay Company Posts in 1856, with the Several Districts and the Number of Indians in Each.

  • Athabasca District (1,550)—
  • Fort Chipewyan.
  • Dunvegan.
  • Vermilion.
  • Fond du Lac.
  • Mackenzie River District (10,430)—
  • Fort Simpson.
  • Fort au Liard.
  • Fort Halkett.
  • Yukon.
  • Peel's River.
  • Lapierre's House.
  • Fort Good Hope.
  • Fort Rae.
  • Fort Resolution.
  • Big Island.
  • Fort Norman.
  • English River District (1,370)—
  • Ile À la Crosse.
  • Rapid River.
  • Green Lake.
  • Deer's Lake.
  • Portage la Loche.
  • Saskatchewan District (28,050)—
  • Edmonton.
  • Carlton.
  • Fort Pitt.
  • Rocky Mount House.
  • Lac la Biche.
  • Lesser Slave Lake.
  • Fort Assiniboine.
  • Jasper's House.
  • Fort À la Corne.
  • Cumberland District (750)—
  • Cumberland House.
  • Moose Lake.
  • The Pas.
  • Swan River District (2,200)—
  • Fort Pelly.
  • Fort Ellice.
  • Qu'Appelle Lakes.
  • Shoal River.
  • Touchwood Hills.
  • Egg Lake.
  • Red River District (8,250, including half-breeds and whites)—
  • Fort Garry.
  • Lower Fort Garry.
  • White House Plain.
  • Pembina.
  • Manitoba.
  • Reed Lake.
  • Lac la Pluie District (2,850)—
  • Fort Frances.
  • Fort Alexander.
  • Rat Portage.
  • White Dog.
  • Lac du Bonnet.
  • Lac de Boisblanc.
  • Shoal Lake.
  • Norway House District (1,080)—
  • Norway House.
  • Berens River.
  • Nelson River.
  • York District (1,500)—
  • York Factory.
  • Churchill.
  • Severn.
  • Trout Lake.
  • Oxford House.
  • Albany District (1,100)—
  • Albany Factory.
  • Marten's Falls.
  • Osnaburg.
  • Lac Seul.
  • Kinogumissee District (400)—
  • Metawagamingue.
  • Kuckatoosh.
  • Lake Superior District (1,330)—
  • Michipicoten.
  • Batchewana.
  • Mamainse.
  • Pic.
  • Long Lake.
  • Lake Nipigon.
  • Fort William.
  • Pigeon River.
  • Lac d'Orignal.
  • Lake Huron District (1,100)—
  • Lacloche.
  • Little Current.
  • Mississangie.
  • Green Lake.
  • Whitefish Lake.
  • Sault Ste. Marie District (150)—
  • Sault Ste. Marie.
  • Moose District (730)—
  • Moose Factory.
  • Hannah Bay.
  • Abitibi.
  • New Brunswick.
  • East Main District (700)—
  • Great Whale River.
  • Little Whale River.
  • Fort George.
  • Rupert's River District (985)—
  • Rupert's House.
  • Mistasini.
  • Teniskamay.
  • Waswonaby.
  • Mechiskan.
  • Pike Lake.
  • Nitchequon.
  • Kaniapiscow.
  • Temiscamingue District (1,030)—
  • Temiscamingue House.
  • Grand Lac.
  • Kakabeagino.
  • Lake Nipissing.
  • Hunter's Lodge.
  • Temagamingue.
  • Fort Coulonge District (375)—
  • Lac des Allumettes.
  • Joachin.
  • Matawa.
  • Lac des Sables District (150)—
  • Buckingham.
  • RiviÈre Desert.
  • Lachine District
  • Lachine House.
  • St. Maurice District (280)—
  • Three Rivers.
  • Weymontachingue.
  • Kikandatch.
  • King's Posts District (1,100)—
  • Tadoussac.
  • ChicoutimÉ.
  • Lake St. John's.
  • Ile JÉrÉmie.
  • Godbout.
  • Sepen Islands.
  • Mingan District (700)—
  • Mingan.
  • Musquarro.
  • Natosquan.
  • Esquimaux Bay District (500)—
  • North-West River.
  • Fort Nascopie.
  • Rigolette.
  • Kikokok.
  • Columbia District (2,200)—
  • Fort Vancouver.
  • Umpqua.
  • Cape Disappointment.
  • Chinook Point.
  • Carveeman.
  • Champoeg.
  • Nisqually.
  • Cowelitz.
  • Colville District (2,500)—
  • Fort Colville.
  • Pend Oreilles River.
  • Flat Heads.
  • Kootenay.
  • Okanagan.
  • Snake Country District (700)—
  • Walla Walla.
  • Fort Hall.
  • Fort BoisÉ.
  • Vancouver Island District (12,000)—
  • Fort Victoria.
  • Fort Rupert.
  • Nanaimo.
  • Fraser River District (4,000)—
  • Fort Langley.
  • N.W. Coast District (45,000)—
  • Fort Simpson.
  • Thomson River District (2,000)—
  • Kamloops.
  • Fort Hope.
  • New Caledonia District (12,000)—
  • Stuart Lake.
  • McLeod's Lake.
  • Fraser's Lake.
  • Alexandria.
  • Fort George.
  • Babines.
  • Conolly's Lake.
  • Honolulu (Sandwich Isles).
Total, 34 Districts:—
Indians 149,060
Not enumerated 6,000
Eskimos 4,000
Total 159,060
Less whites and half-breeds 10,000
149,060

In all under Hudson's Bay Company rule, about 150,000.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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