Jasper Alberta Index
Alberta Basic History
1809
Joseph Nabestiwayan Beaudry (1809-1881) was baptized, September 14, 1842, Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta) he married 1838 but was churched September 14, 1842, Fort des Prairie (Edmonton, Alberta) Louise Ladouceur, b-1820 Lac La Biche (Alberta) daughter Joseph Ladouceur dit Desjarlais and Josephte Cardinal.
Joseph Gray, Metis, b-1809, Jasper House (Alberta), son, Thomas Gray and Mary Nipissing; 1st married, Clarisse Karaconti, 2nd married 1845 Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), Susanne Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1824, daughter Louis Kwarakwentlia Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1782, Quebec and Marie Katis Sekanaise of the Montagnais Nation.
Joseph Hawse of the Hudson Bay with a 17 man expedition journeyed from Edmonton House (Fort Meadows?) to the Rocky Mountains, aka Poste de la Montagne de Roches. He also traveled from Augustus House, Fort Saskatchewan, across the continental divide to Flathead Lake, Montana (Flathead is a tribal name) and returned with thirty-six packs of furs. The old abandoned Fort Augustus, located one mile above Sturgeon River mouth (Fort Saskatchewan), is burned this year by the Blackfoot.
Jacques Raphael (Jacko) Finlay, Metis (1768-1828) lived between Blaeberry and Kootenae House he adopted the 4 Lussier orphaned children. It is likely these children took on the Finlay name. The Piegan People robbed Finlay of his horse and goods, he was known to have more than 18 horses.
D.W. Harmon, a famous N.W.C. explorer took over Fort Dunvegan and was succeeded by John McGillvray.
October 20: At Fort Vermilion, in house #5, lives Joseph Genou (b-1777?), alias Gagnon or Gagnion, and his wife (Josephte Lapierre b-1785??). No children are reported but the Gagnon clan in 1810 numbered 17 persons.
1810
Pierre Bostonais, d-1827 an Iroquois Metis with yellow hair also called Tete Jaune meaning yellow head, is recorded in Rocky Mountain House in employ of the NWC.
Charles Gladu, b-1810, N.W.T. son Francois Gladu, born December 25, 1763 and Josephte Cartrand, b-1773; married 1825, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta ), Therese Gray, Metis, b-1813, Lesser Slave Lake, daughter Thomas Gray and Marie Nipissing epouse Archibald McDonald son Allen McDonald, born May 19, 1832.
Near Cypress Hills, birth, Jossette Lagimodiere daughter Jean Baptiste Lagimodiere, (1778-1855) and Marie Anne Gaboury (1780-1875) of Fort Meadows (future site Fort Edmonton..
John Rowand (1787-1854), a clerk with the North West Company, raised in Montreal, took a young native country wife, Louis Umphreville, at Fort Des Prairies, (Edmonton, Alberta) after she saved his life, yet he never once recorded her name. He would later serve at Fort Edmonton aka Fort Meadows (Alberta).
(I)-David Thompson (1770-1857) wintered Old Fort Augustus 1810/1811.
George Ward, Metis b-1810 son John Ward Sr. and Native woman.
Old Fort Augustus (Edmonton) planted a barley crop that failed.
The Hudson Bay Company abandoned Fort Edmonton due to the hostility of the Cree and Blackfoot towards the H.B.C. Some suggest they abandoned the fort in 1807 because it was burnt down and they feared for their lives. Fort Edmonton would not be rebuilt until 1819.
The North Western's James Hughes and Alexander agreed with the Hudson Bay's (I)-James Bird, Henry Hallet and John Peter Pruden in attempting to separate the Cree and the Blackfoot for the purpose of trade because these two Peoples are in disagreement.
Alexander Henry and Angus Bethune (1783-1858) visited Rocky Mountain House, aka Poste de la Montagne de Roches (Alberta).
Some suggest that the NWC, Fort Augustus and the HBC, Fort Edmonton relocated from Rossdale Flats (Edmonton, Alberta) to Wabamun Creek and the Saskatchewan River. This site was short lived and they both returned to Rossdale Flats (Edmonton, Alberta). Fort Edmonton would not be rebuilt until 1819 so it like only the NWC relocated..
Both the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company built Forts at Upper Terra Blanche. Some suggest this was White Mud Creek near Edmonton. but this is not likely. The North West Company Fort contained 135 people, being composed of 28 men, 35 women and 72 children. The Hudson Bay Company fort contained 85 people. Fort Augustus and Fort Saskatchewan moved seventy miles down stream to White Earth Creek. They built in a common stockade and retained the Augustus and Edmonton names, but the traders called it Fort White Earth, Terra Blanche, and Lower White Earth Post. The NWC some say didn't return to Edmonton until 1813, where they would stay on Rosedale Flats, again within a common stockade, and became the central headquarters for the Hudson Bay Company fur trading on the western prairies. Others suggest the HBC did not return to Edmonton until 1819. This would imply the forts moved upstream and down stream between Rocky Mountain House, aka Poste de la Montagne de Roches, and Fort Saskatchewan a number of times. It is worth noting that Fort Edmonton a.k.a. Fort Augustas was also known as Fort de (des) Prairie. There appears to be some confusion during this period. It maybe the difference between a fort vs. a trading post.
1811
George Gladue, Metis b-1811 Athabasca married about 1885, likely at Beaver Lake, (Alberta), Anne Metis b-1851, Alberta.
Jeanette Guilvieu b-1811 N.W. living Battle River (Alberta), 1891.
Michel Klyne, b-1811 Fort Edmonton, (Fort Augustus/Meadows ?) died December 9, 1875, son Michel Klyne, b-1781, Canada, and Suzanne Lafrance, Metis, b-1790 North West Territories; married Mareleine Beauchemin, Metis, b-1820 on the Plains, NWT. daughter Andre Millet dit Beachemin, b-1778 and Charlotte Pelletier, Metis, b-1785
Jean Baptiste Lagimodiere, (1778-1855) and Marie Anne Gaboury (1780-1875) of Fort Meadows (future site Fort Edmonton), returned to Red River.
Rocky Mountain House (NWC) is located up river from the Fort St John another NWC fort on the Peace River (Alberta). This is not to be confused with Rocky Mountain House (NWC) on the North Saskatchewan River (Alberta). Going west from Lake Athabasca up the Peace River are the following North West Company forts and trading houses active this year. Fort Chipewyan (north shore), Fort Wintzel, Red River Fort, Fort Liard and next door Mansfield House HBC, Fort du Tremble, Fort Vermilion, Horseshoe House, McLeod's Fort, Fort of the Forks, Fort Dunvegan, Fort St. John and Rocky Mountain House.
The North West Company built Henry's House in Albertajasper.com">Jasper (Alberta) up river from Fitzhugh Place aka Jasper's House (NWC) on the Athabasca River (Alberta). Going south from Lake Athabasca up the Athabasca River are the following North West Company forts and trading houses active this year. Fort Chipewyan (south shore), Fort Nottingham (HBC), Pound's House, Fort Pierre au Calumet, Fort of the Forks, Lesser Slave River House (Lesser Slave Lake Fort, north end of lake), two Athabasca River posts, Fitzhugh Place aka Jasper House and Henry's House aka Jasper's House.
Going down river from the Rocky Mountains on the North Saskatchewan River we find; Action House (HBC), Rocky Mountain House (NWC), Boggy Hall (NWC), Quagmire House (NWC), Buck Lake House (HBC), Earth River (HBC), Earth River (NWC), Fort Augustus (NWC), Edmonton House (HBC), Fort de I'lisle (HBC), Firt I'lisle (NWC), Fort George (NWC), Buckingham House (HBC), and Fort Vermilion (HBC & NWC),
Beaver River and tributatories, north of Fort Augustus Fort de l'Original (NWC), Greenwich House (HBC) and Fort Lac La Biche.
South Saskatchewan River contained Bow River Fort (NWC), and Fort La Jonquiere (NWC),
January 11: Thomas Iroquois showed David Thompson the mountain pass to the Columbia. The Iroquois had been using the pass for over ten years.
May: Alexander Henry (must be the younger who died 1814 Oregon) pitched his tent in old Fort Augustus (Alberta).
July 15: Saskatchewan (River?) Valley, Pascal Breland, d-1896 Red River (Winnipeg?) son, Pierre Breland (1760-1829) and Louise Belly; married Marie Grant, born July 15, 1820 N.W., daughter James Grant, b-1796 and Marie Desmarais.
September 20: (I)-David Thompson (1770-1857) and his trading party was served formal notice near Rocky Mountain House not to trade guns to the Kootenays. An Iroquois member of the party informed Thompson there was another route over the mountains to the Kootenays by following the Athabaska River. They journeyed to Jasper, established a trading post, with William Henry being in charge. This post was known as Henry's House.