North West Company - Personnel

Personnel

Beyond the non-operating investors, these were some of the post proprietors, clerks, interpreters, explorers and others of the nearly 2,500 employed by the North West Company in 1799:

• Athabaska (Fort George, Fort McLeod, Fort St. James, Rocky Mountain Portage):
  • John Finlay (proprietor), Simon Fraser, Alexander MacKenzie, Duncan Livingston, John Stuart, James Porter, John Thompson, James McDougall, G. F. Wintzel, John Heinbrucks;

• Upper English River:
  • Angus Shaw (proprietor), Donald MacTavish (proprietor), Alexander MacKay, Antoine Tourangeau, Joseph Cartier, Simon Réaume;

• Lower English River:
  • Alexander Fraser (proprietor), John MacGillivray, Robert Henry, Louis Versailles, Charles Messier, Pierre Hurteau;

• Fort Dauphin:
  • A. N. McLeod (proprietor), Hugh McGillis, Michel Allary, Alexander Farguson, Edward Harrison, Joseph Grenon, François Nolin, Nicholas Montour;

• Upper Fort des Prairies and Rocky Mountains:
  • Daniel Mackenzie (proprietor), John MacDonald (proprietor), James Hughes, Louis Châtellain, James King, François Décoigne, Pierre Charette, Pierre Jérôme, Baptiste Bruno, David Thompson, J. Duncan Campbell, Alexander Stewart, Jacques Raphael, Francois Deschamps;

• Lower Fort des Prairies:
  • Pierre Belleau, Baptiste Roy, J. B. Filande, Baptiste Larose;

• Upper Red River:
  • John Macdonell (proprietor), George MacKay, J. Macdonell, Jr., Joseph Auger, Pierre Falcon, François Mallette, William Munro, André Poitvin;

• Lower Red River:
  • Charles Chaboillez (proprietor), Alexander Henry the elder, J. B. Desmarais, Francois Coleret, Antoine Déjarlet, Louis Giboche;

• Lac Winipic:
  • William MacKay (proprietor), John Cameron, Donald MacIntosh, Benjamin Frobisher, Jacques Dupont, Joseph Laurent, Gabriel Attina, Francois Amoit;

• Nipigon
  • Duncan Cameron (proprietor), Ronald Cameron, Dugald Cameron, Jacques Adhémar, Jean-Baptiste Chevalier, Allen MacFarlane, Jean-Baptiste Pominville, Frederick Shults;

• Pic:
  • J. B. Perrault, Augustin Roy;

• Michipicoten and the Bay:
  • Lemaire St-Germain, Baptiste St-Germain, Léon Chênier

• Sault Ste. Marie and Sloop "Otter":
  • John Burns, John Bennet, John Johnston;

• South of Lake Superior:
  • Michel Cadotte (partner), Simeon Charrette, Charles Gauthier, Pierre Baillarge;

• Fond du Lac:
  • John Sayer (proprietor), J. B. Cadotte, Charles Bousquet, Jean Coton, Ignace Chênier, Joseph Réaume, Eustache Roussin, Vincent Roy;

• Lac La Pluie:
  • Peter Grant (proprietor), Arch. MacLellan, Charles Latour, Michel Machard;

• Grand Portage:
  • Doctor Munro, Charles Hesse, Zacharie Clouthier, Antoine Colin, Jacques Vandreil, François Boileau, Mr. Bruce.