Angus Shaw
A wooden statue of explorer
Angus Shaw commemorates Bonnyville's rich history.
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Angus Shaw, fur trader, was a native of Scotland who entered
the service of the North West Company as a clerk prior
to 1787. In 1789 he was at Fort du lac de l'Orignal, near
the source of the Fraser River; and in 1790 he was "at
Moose Hill Lake, up the Beaver River from Isle à
la Crosse". In 1791 he was back at Fort du lac de
l'Orignal; and in 1892 he was at Fort George. He became
a partner in the North West Company between 1795 and 1799;
in 1797 he was elected a member of the Beaver Club of
Montreal; and in 1799 he was proprietor in charge of the
Upper English River district. In 1802 he was appointed
agent in charge of the King's Posts, whose headquarters
were based in Quebec; and in 1808 he became a member of
McTavish, McGillivrays, and Co. He was one of the agents
of the North West Company at Fort William in 1810 and
1811; but thereafter he took little part in the fur trade,
until the struggle with Lord Selkirk reached its height,
when he was one of the partners of the North West Company
arrested by the Hudson's Bay men in 1819. He continued
to be partner in McTavish, McGillivrays, and Co. after
the union in 1821, when they were made Montreal agents
of the Hudson's Bay Company; and his estate, which was
involved in the failure of that firm in 1825, was not
settled until 1847. He suffered from pulmonary tubercolosis,
and died in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on July 25, 1832.
He married a sister of William McGillivrays; and she died
in London, England, on March 27, 1820.
