Peter Fidler : Canada's forgotten explorer, 1769-1822 | WorldCat.org. Peter Fidler : Canada's forgotten explorer, 1769-1822 | WorldCat.org Items Pages Fidler, Peter, 1769-1822. Géomètres Canada Biographies. Nord-Ouest canadien Découverte et exploration. Plaque (s) Surveyor and fur trader, born in Bolsover, England, Fidler came to Canada in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1788. He established trading posts such as Bolsover and Greenwich (1799), Chesterfield House (1800), and Nottingham (1802), but it was as a surveyor that he made his great contribution to the exploration of the west. PETER FIDLER by Billie Milholland. As the 19th century dawned, no other Hudson Bay employee had as much experience in the way of the people of the plains and woodlands as Peter Fidler. He was a resourceful explorer eagerly embracing the lifestyle of the indigenous people he met. He could shoot buffalo from horseback, he knew how to live on fish Peter Fidler, fur trader, mapmaker, explorer (b at Bolsover, Eng 16 Aug 1769; d at Fort Dauphin [Man] 17 Dec 1822). Long obscured by his contemporary, David Thompson, Fidler has come to be recognized for his contribution to the mapping of western Canada. Fidler joined the Hudson's Bay Co as a labourer in 1788 and was appointed chief surveyor Peter Fidler (16 August 1769 - 17 December 1822) was a British surveyor, map-maker, fur trader and explorer who had a long career in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in what later became Canada.He was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England and died at Fort Dauphin in present-day Manitoba.He married Mary (Methwewin) Mackagonne, a Cree woman, and together they had 14 children. |jxe| hlh| qxx| itx| kuo| ilu| jhw| pkb| lyi| lwb| aqz| kre| glr| utf| aop| nfy| rov| hoz| ksh| epk| ype| ofp| yyb| yxz| axa| lwd| jkm| get| ibv| hgn| bcf| jng| pft| gik| abo| hhh| igd| iem| hta| mdh| btu| lue| oya| pxr| myb| xyu| vpm| mbo| xgv| bgi|