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Jacques Raphaël Finlay (1768–1828), commonly known as Jaco or Jacco (pr. Jocko), was an early Canadian fur trader, scout, and explorer associated with the North West Company. He built Spokane House and Kootanae House , two key fur-trading posts of the era, and helped David Thompson cross the Continental Divide and discover the Columbia River .
Dec 14, 2007 · Jacques Raphael Finlay was born in 1768 at Fort Finlay, a fur post established by his father, James, on the Saskatchewan River. A native of Scotland, James Finlay had shipped to lower Canada as a young man and joined a group of independent traders who eventually coalesced into the North West Company.
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(II)-Jacques Raphael Finlay Metis was born in 1768 in Finlay Fort, on the south bank of the Saskatchewan River. Finlay Fort was located at or near Nipawin Rapids, about fifty miles below the forks of the North branch and the South branch of the Saskatchewan River.
Nipawin (/ ˈ n ɪ p ə w ɪ n /) is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Dam built in 1963, renamed from Squaw Rapids.
Jan 27, 2012 · A Hudson's Bay Co. post on the Saskatchewan River, at Tobin Lake. Nipawin Post (2) (1794 - 1795), Nipawin A Hudson's Bay Co. post. Also spelled Nipawi. Thornburn's House (1789 - 1791), near Nipawin A North West Co. post on the Saskatchewan River, below Finlay's Falls. François Finlay's Post (1768 - 1773), near Nipawin
May 23, 2020 · Fort Lower Nipawi — Known also as Nipawi, Nepiwa, Neepoin, Nippewean, Nepowewin, and Fort Des Prairies or Aux Trembles. An old French fort on the south side of the Saskatchewan River, about 100 miles above the Pas and just below the Nipawin Rapids and about 3 miles below the Cadotte Rapids.
Jacques Raphael Finlay was born in 1768 at Finlay Fort, which was located at or near Nipawin Rapids, about fifty miles below the forks of the North branch and the South branch of the Saskatchewan River. The fort was on the Saskatchewan's south bank.
