Voorhis Interactive: Posts of the Trade

Nepiochibou   Fr GMaps
ID: 456  Voorhis Number: 385 ;   Location: Quebec, Canada [50.289, -62.808] ;    Founded: pre 1710 , Closed: NA .

Old French trading post on lower St. Lawrence described by Mackenzie 1808 as being "30 leagues from Mingan on the Man river". This was the Nabesipi or Piashti river near Pashashibu bay, about 62°W. Longitude. The post was in the Mingan seigniory. It has no harbour but was on the river. An inferior post for furs but noted for quantities of salmon. Established before 1710. Leased by the North West Co. 1808 & acquired by the Hudson's Bay Co. about 1825, who operated it until about 1860. Shown Bouchette's map 1846. Map No. 24.



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