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Peter Fidler (16 August 1769 – 17 December 1822) was a British surveyor, map-maker, fur trader and explorer who had a long career in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in what later became Canada. He was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England and died at Fort Dauphin in present-day Manitoba. He married Mary (Methwewin) Mackagonne, a ...
Jan 7, 2008 · Peter Fidler, fur trader, mapmaker, explorer (b at Bolsover, Eng 16 Aug 1769; d at Fort Dauphin [Man] 17 Dec 1822). Long obscured by his contemporary, David Thompson, Fidler has come to be recognized for his contribution to the mapping of western Canada. Fidler joined the Hudson's Bay Co as a labourer in 1788 and was appointed chief surveyor ...
Peter FIDLER was one of Canada's greatest surveyors and explorers. He was born on August 16, 1769 in Bolsover, Derbyshire England. In 1788 he signed on as a labourer with the Hudson's Bay Company, beginning his career at York Factory on Hudson Bay.
Jun 11, 2013 · Peter Fidler is the author of “A journal of a journey with the Chepawyans or Northern Indians, to the Slave Lake, & to the east & west of the Slave River, in 1791 & 2,” published in Journals of Samuel Hearne and Philip Turnor, ed. J. B. Tyrrell (Toronto, 1934; repr.
- Robert S. Allen
- FIDLER, PETER
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6
Peter Fidler was appointed District Master at Fort Dauphin in 1819 and died there in 1822. He lies in an unmarked grave at Fort Dauphin. Peter's will should indicate to us the complexity of this amazing man. His invested estate was to pay interest to his wife and children until the youngest child became the age of 21 years.
FIDLER, PETER (1769-1822) Peter Fidler's service to the Hudson's Bay Company spanned the three most important periods of the fur trade. He was the last of the company's winterers; later he faced the cutthroat opposition of the North West Company in its richest fur region; and in the last years of his life he helped to organize and sustain the Red River colony.
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Peter Fidler (1769–1822) The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) explorer and surveyor Peter Fidler was the first European to write about Alberta’s coal riches. Born in Bolsover, England, in 1769, Fidler contributed thirty-four years of strenuous service to the fur trade company that sponsored much of the early European exploration of Canada.
