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Thomas Frobisher

Article by Daniel Francis

Published Online January 20, 2008

Last Edited December 15, 2013

Thomas Frobisher, fur trader (born 1744 in Halifax (?), Yorkshire, England; died 12 September 1788 in Montreal, QC).

Life

After arriving in Quebec in 1769, he joined his brothers Joseph and Benjamin Frobisher in the western fur trade. In 1776, he founded the first trading post at Île-à-la-Crosse, a stepping stone to the Athabasca Lake country.

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Thomas Frobisher

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