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Extensively added to on Nov. 23, 2005 by user Fishhead64. |
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I know the Dictionary of Canadian Biography calls it Fort Mcleod (and this article says the same, almost word for word, something I plan on changing) but the only fort of that name I'm familiar with is ''East'' of the Rockies in South-West Alberta (Just South of Calgary). Could a more knowledgable Wikipedian enlighten me about this supposed other Fort Mcleod? --[[User:Zytsef|Zytsef]] 08:55, 11 December 2005 (UTC) |
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:Nevermind, it appears that Fraser did indeed found Trout Lake Fort which was later renamed Fort McLeod. By Jove, if it's good enough for Encyclopædia Britannica: http://cache.britannica.com/ebc/article-9013128 --[[User:Zytsef|Zytsef]] 09:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC) |
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==More on McLeod Lake== |
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Is McLeod Lake ''really'' "the first permanent European settlement west of the Rockies in present-day Canada"? I thought Hudson's Hope was west of the Rockies, and Fraser founded it a couple of months earlier. [[User:Fishhead64|Fishhead64]] 07:00, 13 July 2006 (UTC) |
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==Small correction== |
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The Quebec region is Candiac not Cadillac! <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/24.86.192.112|24.86.192.112]] ([[User talk:24.86.192.112|talk]]) 06:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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==Serious Error. Please edit section on later life and marriage.== |
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Simon Fraser is stated in the current wikipedia page to have been married in 1810 to a prostitute. I have seen no reference to this anywhere else, however he is well documented (e.g. Dictionary of Canadian Biography online: http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38559 ) to have been married to Catherine Macdonell on June 7, 1820. Her father, Captain Allan Macdonell was a prominent neighbour. The information that his wife died the day after him is accurate suggesting someone has tampered with the page. He and Catherine also had nine children together (eight of whom survived to adulthood).[[User:Robopp|Robopp]] ([[User talk:Robopp|talk]]) 16:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[[User:Robopp|Robopp]] ([[User talk:Robopp|talk]]) 16:59, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[[User:Robopp|Robopp]] ([[User talk:Robopp|talk]]) 17:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC) |
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