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Author Bio

66: Five fur traders of the Northwest Being the narrative of Peter Pond and the diaries of John Macdonell, Archibald N. McLeod, Hugh Faries, and Thomas Connor . 1933.
Macdonell, John (1768-1850.)
1768-1850. Born in Scotland; brother of Miles Macdonell; to America then Canada; became clerk in NWC before 1793; in charge of Upper Red River department from 1799, Athabaska River department, from 1809; retired from NWC, 1812 (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography).

Other authors of Peel 66

  • Pond, Peter (1740-1807.) [info].
  • McLeod, Archibald Norman (fl.1796-1837.) [info].
  • Faries, Hugh (1779-1852.) [info].