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Campbell, Robert, 1808-1894

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1808 - 1894

Biography

Robert Campbell was born in 1808. He was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trader and explorer. He explored a large part of the southern Yukon and established Fort Frances, Yukon on Frances Lake in the Liard River basin and Fort Selkirk, Yukon at the juncture of the Yukon River and the Pelly River. Campbell was for a time in charge of Fort Halkett. Campbell Peak, just south of the British Columbia community of Liard River, is named after him. He died n 1894

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Campbell diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-21
Stefansson Mss-21
Date(s): undated
Abstract

Robert Campbell (1808-1894), fur trader. Consist of typescript carbon transcripts and photocopies of his diaries which include accounts of voyages and living conditions surrounding his duties with the Hudson's Bay Company.

Robert Campbell letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 852460
Mss 852460
Date(s): 1852-08-10
Scope and Contents

Letter from Robert Campbell in Youngstown, Ohio to Samuel Colcord Bartlett, requesting that Prof. Bartlett help him obtain a teaching position at the College. (Typescript)

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