British surveyor, map-maker, fur trader and explorer
Peter Fidler
Plaque to Peter Fidler erected in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Born
(1769-08-16)16 August 1769
Bolsover, Derbyshire, England
Died
17 December 1822(1822-12-17) (aged 53)
Fort Dauphin, Manitoba
Occupation(s)
Explorer and Map Maker
Spouse
Mary (Methwewin) Fidler
Children
Thomas (1795), Charles (1798), George (1800), Sally (1802), Decusroggan (1824 - died at 24 days), Andrew (1806), Alban (1809), Mary (1811), Faith (1813 - died at 6 weeks), Clement (1814), Colette (1817), Margaret (1819 - died at 1 month), Peter (1820), Harriett (1822)
Parent(s)
James and Mary Fidler
Peter Fidler (16 August 1769 – 17 December 1822) was a British surveyor, map-maker, fur trader and explorer who had a long career in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in what later became Canada. He was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England and died at Fort Dauphin in present-day Manitoba. He married Mary (Methwewin) Mackagonne, a Cree woman, and together they had 14 children.
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open country such as lakes with willows and grass growing about them". PeterFidler originally recorded the name for the river in 1790 as the Great Arabuska...
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the dual outlets as "perhaps without parallel in the world". In 1807, PeterFidler named the lake after George Hyde Wollaston, a member of the Hudson Bay...
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there were no more expeditions to what would eventually be Alberta until PeterFidler in 1792, and the first Fort Edmonton being built just three years after...
our chief. In December 1779 a well-known Hudson's Bay Company trader, PeterFidler, recorded an excursion to the hill he went on with Peigan guides. HBC...
Nelson River and Hayes River routes. In 1806, explorer and surveyor PeterFidler recorded the main waterways of his Cree partners in the notable "Cha...
forgot". Steven Blakeley – actor Charlie Elliott MBE – English cricketer PeterFidler – explorer, mapmaker, and surveyor of the Hudson's Bay Company Bill Leivers...
integrated system. The first formal survey done in western Canada was by PeterFidler in 1813. The inspiration for the Dominion Land Survey System was the...
hunting. Other important early explorers of Alberta include PeterFidler, David Thompson, Peter Pond, Alexander MacKenzie, and George Simpson. The first...
Lake Fidler is a meromictic lake beside the Gordon River in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site area of the west coast of Tasmania, Australia...
the plains, and became rivals of the Blackfoot. By the 1810s, explorer PeterFidler identified the Battle River as a disputed frontier between the two groups...
Summer of Love. Coyote was born Robert Peter Cohon on October 10, 1941, in New York City, the son of Ruth (née Fidler) and Morris Cohon, an investment banker...
"Biography — Peter Pond". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. "Peter Pond: Map Maker of the Northwest (1740-1807)" (PDF). UCalgary. "PeterFidler". Government...
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"Flathead" (Salish) Indians as a new source of horses. In the 1810s, PeterFidler described the Cree and Sacree peacefully sharing the Beaver Hills, but...
First known strike action in Alberta.[1] 1803 - Seven men working for PeterFidler at Lake Athabasca would not stay unless wages increased.[2] ca. 1812...
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