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David Thompson (30 April 1770 – 10 February 1857) was an Anglo-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer, known to some native people as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer". Over Thompson's career, he travelled 90,000 kilometres (56,000 mi) across North America , mapping 4.9 million square kilometres (1.9 million square miles) of the ...
- 30 April 1770, Westminster, England
- Charlotte Small
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Apr 30, 2024 · David Thompson (born April 30, 1770, London, Eng.—died Feb. 10, 1857, Longeuil, Lower Canada [now Quebec]) was an English explorer, geographer, and fur trader in the western parts of what are now Canada and the United States. He was the first white man to explore the Columbia River from source to mouth.
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A fur trading post Thompson wanted at the falls would not happen until 1825 with the establishment of Fort Colvile. The fur trade under the Hudson's Bay Company dominated the economics and maintained control of the Pacific Northwest for the British until 1846.
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Jan 23, 2003 · Share. Tweet. From September 27 through October 6, 1809, Canadian explorer David Thompson (1770-1857) scouts the Pend Oreille River from Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho, downstream through what is now Pend Oreille County in the northeastern corner of Washington.
THOMPSON, DAVID, fur trader, explorer, surveyor, justice of the peace, businessman, and author; b. 30 April 1770 in the parish of St John the Evangelist, Westminster (London), son of David and Ann Thompson; d. 10 Feb. 1857 in Longueuil, Lower Canada.
Mar 22, 2022 · At the Hudson’s Bay Company, he was valued as a fur trader, but Thompson wanted to explore rather than trade. He left the HBC and joined the rival North West Company where he spent the next 15 years exploring.
Starting as an apprentice clerk, Thompson served 13 years with the Hudson’s Bay Company. Besides the fur trade his duties included hunting game, establishing new posts and compiling accounts and journals for the Company. In December 1788, Thompson broke his leg. While recuperating, he studied under Philip Turnor, the Company’s official ...
