True Bear Stories

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Database ID	26226
Institution	University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/Collection	Morton Manuscripts Collection
Series	MSS-C550
File/Item Reference	MSS-C550-1-27-1i (Box 37)
Date of creation	[192-?]
Physical description/extent	1 article; 7 pages of textual records
Number of images	7
Historical note	Reginald Beatty (b. 1854) was not only a clerk of the Hudson's Bay Company, but also the first settler in the Melfort district. The current city of Melfort was preceded by a small community known as the Stoney Creek Settlement, started by founding settler Beatty, a Hudson Bay Company employee who settled with his family in the new Northwest. He was employed with the HBC from 1872-1883. Beatty served at Shoal River, Fairford, Cumberland House, The Pas (several terms), Grand Rapids, Sturgeon River and Norway House.
Scope and content	This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary relates to his bear hunting experiences with Robert Bear, an excellent hunter and a friend of Beatty's. Their hunting routes included Fairford House and Stoney Creek district. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'
Contributer	Reginald Bird Beatty (author)
Copyright holder	Public domain
Copyright expiry date	Public domain
Other terms governing use and reproduction	Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
Type	Archival
Primary Media	Textual documents
Specific document types	Diaries
Provenance Access Point	Morton, A.S.
Other numbers/identification	Special Collections call no. MSS C550/1/27.1.
Treaty boundaries	Treaty 10
Cultural region	Plains Subarctic
Names	Bear, Robert (Chief) Beatty, Reginald Bird, 1854-1928 (HBC clerk)
Subject	Fur Trade Hudson's Bay Company Hunting and Trapping Forts
Date Range(s)	1870-1879
Permanent Link	https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/26226