Temagami Post 1834

Photo by contributor Jack Humphrey - April, 2012

Plaque Location

The District of Nipissing
The Municipality of Temagami
Near the site of the former post on Bear Island in Lake Temagami

Coordinates: N 46 59.010 W 80 04.248

Plaque Text

The first Hudson's Bay post on Lake Timagami was established on the south shore of Timagami Island in 1834 under Chief Trader Richard Hardisty, the father-in-law of Lord Strathcona. It was essentially an outpost of the Company's larger establishment on Lake Timiskaming in the Ottawa Valley. Temagami (originally Timagami) was not a large centre of trade and, in its early days, was abandoned several times. However, in these instances the consequent establishment of rival traders induced the Company to reopen the post. In the 1870's it was moved to this site on Bear Island.

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