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Davidson’s map North West Company 1817

America exhibiting principal trading stations of North West Co. in Davidson [1].

No. 5 in Voorhis [2].

This map includes:

References:

  • 1. Davidson, Gordon Charles. The North West Company. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1918. Internet Archive [accessed 27 December 2025]
  • 2. Voorhis, Ernest [1859–1933]. Historic Forts and Trading Posts of the French Régime and of the English Fur Trading Companies. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1930. University of Britih Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]

Bowen’s map North America 1763

An accurate map of North America. Bowen 1763

An accurate map of North America.
Bowen 1763
Library of Congress [accessed 19 January 2026]

An accurate map of North America. Describing and distinguishing the British, Spanish and French dominions on this great continent; according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763. Also all the West India Islands belonging to, and possessed by the several European princes and states. The whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick improvements.
London, Printed for Robt. Sayer.

Attributed to Welsh cartographer Emanuel Bowen [1694–1767].

Ernest Voorhis [1859–1933] in Historic Forts and Trading Posts says this map shows Jasper House, which he says was built in 1799 at outlet of Brûlé Lake and called Rocky Mountain House [1].

This map includes:

References:

  • 1. Voorhis, Ernest [1859–1933]. Historic Forts and Trading Posts of the French Régime and of the English Fur Trading Companies. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1930, Map No. 98. University of British Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]

Devine’s map North West part of Canada 1857

Map of the North West part of Canada. Indian Territories & Hudson's Bay

Map of the North West part of Canada.
Indian Territories & Hudson’s Bay Library and Archives Canada [accessed 19 January 2026]

Map
of the North West Part of Canada.
Indian Territories & Hudson’s Bay
Compiled & Drawn by Thos. Devine
Provincial Land Surveyor & Draftsman
by Order of the Hon. Joseph Cauchon, Commissioner of Crown Lands Crown Lands Department
Toronto March, 1857.

Map No. 12 in Voorhis [1].

This map includes:

References:

  • 1. Voorhis, Ernest [1859–1933]. Historic Forts and Trading Posts of the French Régime and of the English Fur Trading Companies. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1930. University of Britih Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]

De L’Isle’s map 1752

De L’Isle’s map 1752

De L’Isle’s map 1752
Gutenberg [accessed 17 January 2026]

This map is labeled as “De L’Isle’s Map, 1752” in The Great Company, a history of the Hudson’s Bay Company by Henry Beckles Willson [1869–1942] [1]. Guillaume de L’Isle [1675–1726] was a French cartographer known for his popular and accurate maps of Europe and the newly explored Americas.

This map includes:

References:

  • 1. Willson, Henry Beckles [1869–1942]. The Great Company. Being a History of the Honourable Company of Merchants-Adventurers Trading Into Hudson’s Bay. 1900. Gutenberg [accessed 17 January 2026]

Historic Forts and Trading Posts 1930

Map of Canada showing Historic Forts & Trading Posts. Department of the Interior, 1920

Map of Canada showing Historic Forts & Trading Posts.
Department of the Interior, 1920


Detail

Detail

Map of Canada Showing Historic Forts and Trading Posts
Department of the Interior, 1930
Prepared by National Development Bureau

This map includes:

References:

  • Voorhis, Ernest [1859–1933]. Historic Forts and Trading Posts of the French Régime and of the English Fur Trading Companies. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1930. University of Britih Columbia Library [accessed 3 January 2026]