St Johns Post

ST JOHNS POST was a NORTH WEST CO (NWC) fur-trading post built in 1806 where the Beatton R flows into the PEACE R east of FORT ST JOHN. The HBC retained the post when it merged with the NWC in 1821, trading with the local SEKANI and DUNNE-ZA (Beaver) people. In the fall of 1823 the HBC made plans to relocate the post farther west. Whether in response to this change or out of animosity toward a trader, local people killed 5 HBC servants at the post. The murderers were never captured and the post...

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