Voorhis Interactive: Posts of the Trade

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ID: 290  Voorhis Number: 242 ;   Location: Quebec, Canada [50.27, -59.97] ;    Founded: c. 1733 , Closed: NA .

French trading post on lower St. Lawrence, c. 60°W., built about 1733. Concession was granted to Lafontaine de Belcour by Beauharnois and Hocquart in 1733. In 1764 de Belcour sold to McKenzie & Lymburner who sold it to Wm. Grant in 1804. In 1808 it was sold by the Sheriff. Probably used by North West Co. Was rated as a Hudson's Bay Co. post in 1847. Does not appear on the Arrowsmith map 1857. Location shown on map No. 24. Was in Seigniory of Bellecourt.



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