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Article: Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson and the ...
Arctic;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... THE NORTH: SIR GEORGE SIMPSON AND THE REMARKABLE ... THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. By JAMES RAFFAN ... the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), of ... company. Sir George Simpson (1786-1860 ... the Hudson's Bay Company, and because ...

Article: Simpson, George: Emperor of the North: Sir George ...
Biography;  January 1, 2008 ;     459 words ... ... George Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson and the Remarkable Story of the Hudson's Bay Company. James Raffan. Toronto: Phyllis Bruce ... judgments. I, for one, continue to regard George Simpson as despicable--but, yes, he makes ...

Article: Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson and the ...
Alberta History;  March 22, 2008 ;     535 words ... ... illus., hard cover, dust jacket, $34.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is a monumental study of a monumental man. George Simpson ruled the Northern Department of the HBCo with an iron hand and provided leadership when it was most needed. The author ...

Article: The quality of friendship: Andrew McDermot and George ...
Manitoba History;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... friendship between George Simpson, Governor of The Hudson's Bay Company in the mid nineteenth ... the Hudson's Bay Company when he signed ... route taken by George Simpson into the service of the Hudson's Bay Company was rather more ...

Article: Sir George Simpson
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      525 words ...Sir George Simpson 1792?-1860, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada (1821-56 ... was sent by the Hudson's Bay Company to Canada, where he took ... thinsp;to the Hudson's Bay Company &hellip ...

Article: Dennis F. Johnson, Inland Armada: The York Boats of the Hudson's ...
Manitoba History;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Boats of the Hudson's Bay Company Selkirk, Lower Fort Garry ... history of the Hudson's Bay Company. The York boat was the ... horse of the Hudson's Bay Company's transportation system. Sir George Simpson retained canoes and highly ...

Article: THE FUR FATHER; Feted: Sir George Simpson.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... wilderness that George Simpson was in the process ... his death, Sir George Simpson, the illegitimate ... the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), Simpson ... the North: Sir George Simpson and the Remarkable ... the Hudson's Bay Company, Raffan has ...