The Laird of Fort William : William McGillvray and the North West Company

Gordon, Irene Ternier (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781927051726 (bound) :
Physical Description: print
197 pages, 8 pages of coloured plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : Heritage House Publishing, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- Introduction: A Highland tragedy -- 1. Family ties: The MGillvrays and McTavishes, 1764-76 -- 2. The birth of the North West Company, 1774-84 -- 3. A new land, 1783-84 -- 4. Heading for Le Pay d'en Haut, 1784 -- 5. "Je suis un homme du nord," 1784-97 -- 6. Montreal: Building the North West Company, 1784-94 -- 7. Rock nor'weter relations, 1793-97 -- 8. Violence and the new North West Company, 1798-1806 -- 9. Deaths and other changes, 1804-11 -- 10. The North West Company, Lord Selkirk, and the war of 1812, 1811-14 -- 11. The arrival of the Red River settlers. 1812-14 -- 12. Crisis at the Red River, 1815-16 -- 13. The aftermath of Seven Oaks, 1816-17 -- 14. The North West Company and the pacific trade, 1795-1815 -- 15. Athabasca country and the last years of the North West Company, 1818-21 -- 16. Amalgamation, 1820-21 -- 17. Winding down, 1822-25 -- Epilogue: The last laird of the North West Company -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.