THE HUDSON'S BAY POSTS. In their Report of 28th June, 1872, the Governor and Committee report the details of the varied posts from Ocean to Ocean of the Hudson's Bay Company, as follows:—
Statement of Land belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company, exclusive of their claim to one-twentieth of the Land set out for settlement in the "Fertile Belt."
District. Post. Acres of Land Lake Huron 1 La Cloche 6,400 Temiscaminque 2 Kakababeagino 10 Superior 3 Long Lake 10 United States 4 Georgetown 1,133 Manitoba, or } 5 Fort Garry 500 Red River Settlement } 6 Lower Fort 500 7 White Horse Plains 500 Manitoba Lake 8 Oak Point 50 Portage la Prairie 9 1,000 Lac la Pluie 10 Fort Alexander 500 11 Fort Frances 500 12 Eagles Nest 20 13 Big Island 20 14 Lac du Bennet 20 15 Rat Portage 50 16 Shoal Lake 20 17 Lake of the Woods 50 18 White Fish Lake 20 19 English River 20 20 Hungry Hall 20 21 Trout Lake 20 22 Clear Water Lake 20 23 Sandy Point 20 Swan River 24 Fort Pelly 3,000 25 Fort Ellice 3,000 26 Qu'Appelle Lakes 2,500 27 Touchwood Hills 500 28 Shoal River 50 29 Manitoban 50 30 Fairford 100 Cumberland 31 Cumberland House 100 32 Fort la Corne 3,000 33 Pelican Lake 50 34 Moose Woods 1,000 35 The Pas 25 36 Moose Lake 50 37 Grand Rapid Portage 100 50 Acresat eachend ofPortage. Saskatchewan 38 Edmonton House 3,000 39 Rocky Mountain House 500 40 Fort Victoria 3,000 41 St. Paul 3,000 42 Fort Pitt 3,000 43 Battle River 3,000 44 Carlton House 3,000 45 Fort Albert 3,000 46 Whitefish Lake 500 47 Lac la Biche 1,000 48 Fort Assiniboine 50 49 Lesser Slave Lake 500 50 Lac St. Anne 500 51 Lac la Nun 500 52 St. Albert 1,000 53 Pigeon Lake 100 54 Old White Mud Fort 50 English River 55 Isle à la Crosse 50 56 Rapid River 5 57 Portage la Loche 20 58 Green Lake 100 59 Cold Lake 10 60 Deers Lake 5 York 61 York Factory 100 62 Churchill 10 63 Severn 10 64 Trout Lake 10 65 Oxford 100 66 Jackson's Bay 10 67 God's Lake 10 68 Island Lake 10 Norway House 69 Norway House 100 70 Berens River 25 71 Grand Rapid 10 72 Nelson's River 10 Albany 73 Albany Factory 100 74 Martin's Falls 10 75 Osnaburg 25 76 Lac Seul 500 East Main 77 Little Whale River 50 78 Great Whale River 50 79 Fort George 25 Moose 80 Moose Factory 100 81 Hannah Bay 10 82 Abitibi 10 83 New Brunswick 25 Rupert's River 84 Rupert's House 50 85 Mistassing 10 86 Temiskamay 10 87 Woswonaby 10 88 Meehiskun 10 89 Pike Lake 10 90 Nitchequon 10 91 Kamapiscan 10 Kinogumissee 92 Matawagauinque 50 93 Kuckatoosh 10 Labrador 94 Fort Nascopie 75 95 Outposts do 25 96 Fort Chimo (Ungava) 100 97 South River, Outposts 30 98 George's River 50 99 Whale River 50 100 North's River 25 101 False River 25 Athabasca 102 Fort Chippewyan 10 103 Fort Vermilion 500 104 Fort Dunvegan 50 105 Fort St. John's 20 106 Forks of Athabasca River 10 107 Battle River 5 108 Fond du Lac 5 109 Salt River 5 McKenzie River 110 Fort Simpson 100 111 Fort Liard 300 112 Fort Nelson 200 113 The Rapids 100 114 Hay River 20 115 Fort Resolution 20 116 Fort Rae 10 117 Fond du Lac 10 118 Fort Norman 10 119 Fort Good Hope 10 120 Peel's River 10 121 Lapierre's House 10 122 Fort Halkett 100
WESTERN DEPARTMENT.
District. Post. Acres of Land Vancouver's Island 123 Victoria, including Town Lots, about 70 124 Esquimault (Puget's Sound Company's Land) 2,300 125 Uplands Farm 1,125 126 North Dairy Farm 460 British Columbia 127 Fort Alexander 100 128 Fort George 100 129 Fraser's Lake 100 130 Stuart's Lake 100 131 McLeod's Lake 100 132 Connolly's Lake 100 133 Babine 100 134 Chilcotin 100 Five other places 100 135 Fort Dallas 50 136 Fort Berens 50 137 Fort Shepherd 100 138 Fort Simpson 100 139 Salmon River 50 140 Langley and Langley Farm 2,220 141 Yale, sundry small blocks 142 Hope 5 143 Kamloops 1,976 144 Similkameen 1,140 Barkerville } Town Quesnel } Lots.