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Henry Kelsey: On the Trail of Native Friends

Summary

1667 Born in England
 
1684 Begins working for the Hudson's Bay Company
 
1689 Delivers letters overland from Fort York to New Severn
 
1690-92 Expedition to start trade with First Nations peoples
 
1693 Returns to England
 
1694 Comes back to Canada
 
1717 Made governor of all Hudson Bay settlements
 
1719 Expedition north to look for valuable minerals
 
1721 Expedition north to look for valuable minerals
 
1722 Returns to England for last time
 
1724 Dies in East Greenwich, London, England
 

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