Elle Andra-Warner - David Thompson: A Life of Adventure and Discovery

Elle Andra-Warner is an author, journalist and photographer based in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She writes about history, culture, travel, people and business and is the bestselling author of books about Canadian history, including Hudsons Bay Company Adventures and The Mounties , also published by Heritage House. Her award-winning articles appear in major publications, and her newspaper columns on business, travel and history have been in print since 1994.

A political studies graduate, Elle is a member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada, Travel Media of Canada, the Writers Union of Canada and the Canadian Freelance Union and is on the board of directors of the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society. She has given journalism workshops throughout Canada, been an online guest journalism lecturer for UCLA and co-edits the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Societys journal, Papers & Records .

Estonian by heritage, Elle was born in a postSecond World War United Nations displaced persons camp in Eckernforde, West Germany. She came to Canada with her parents, settling in Port Arthur, Ontario (now Thunder Bay). Elle is married and the mother of three daughtersTania, Tami and Cindi. She has one grandson, Alexander.

As I write this, I am sitting by the Bow River in Calgary, perhaps near the spot where David Thompson camped with the Peigan over 200 years ago.Even though he died over 150 years ago, Thompsonwho linked a continent with his mapmakingtoday links a diverse group of people who recognize and celebrate his accomplishments. I am honoured to have connected with a number of them in creating this book.

In particular, my deepest appreciation to the historians, authors, researchers, writers and cartographers who have told Thompsons story and provided valuable resources for others to access. Id also like to acknow-ledge research and online resources, including the Champlain Society, Hudsons Bay Company Archives, federal and provincial archives, museums and historical associations, Parks Canada, the North American David Thompson Bicentennial Partnership and the US National Park Service.

Warm thanks go to Ross MacDonald, David Malaher, Rodney Brown, Don McMaster, Ron Peniuk, James Cross and Andy Korsos. Special thanks are also due to Marty Mascarin and Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay for generous assistance in providing access to Fort William, the worlds largest reconstructed fur-trading post, and its resources.

Thank you to Rodger Touchie and Vivian Sinclair at Heritage House Publishing for providing me with the opportunity to write this book, and deepest appreciation to my editor, Lesley Reynolds, for her excellent editing skills in enhancing and bringing clarity to the manuscriptshe was wonderful to work with.

Special recognition goes to my children for their encouragement and to my husband, Glenn, for his ongoing support (including making gourmet meals and bringing coffee and goodies) while I was immersed in this project.

Books and Articles

Andra-Warner, Elle. Hudsons Bay Company Adventures: Tales of Canadas Fur Traders . Victoria: Heritage House, 2009.

Barnard, Stuart. Insightful Exploration: An Early Explorers Perspective on Western Aboriginals. Lethbridge Undergraduate Research Journal 2, no. 1 (2007), http://lurj.org/vol2n1.php.

Bigsby, John J. The Shoe and Canoe: Pictures of Travel in the Canadas . London: Chapman and Hall, 1850.

Bowen, Stephen R. In the Footsteps of David Thompson. The Beaver, June/July 2002, 1319.

Burpee, Lawrence J. Grand Portage. Minnesota History Magazine 12, no. 4 (1931): 35972.

Campbell, Marjorie Wilkins. The North West Company . Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1957. Reprinted 1983.

Cooper, David J. Of Sextants and Satellites: David Thompson and the Grand Portage GIS Study. Paper presented at CRLS Colloquium 2004, Kenora, Ontario.

Franchre, Gabriel. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814. New York: Redfield, 1854. Reprint, Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1954.

Hearne, Samuel. A Journey from Prince of Waless Fort in Hudson Bay to the Northern Ocean . London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795; Toronto: Champlain Society, 1911.

Houston, C.S. The First Smallpox Epidemic on the Canadian Plains: In the fur-traders words. The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology 11, no. 2 (March/April 2000): 11215.

Huck, Barbara, et al. Exploring the Fur Trade Routes of North America: Discover the Highways that Opened a Continent . Winnipeg: Heartland Associates, 2002.

Innis, Harold Adams. The Fur Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History . New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930; Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1977.

Irving, Washington. Astoria: Adventures in the Pacific Northwest . London: KPI, 1839. Reprint, Norman: University of Nebraska Press, 1964.

Jenish, DArcy. Epic Wanderer: David Thompson and the Mapping of the Canadian West . Scarborough: Doubleday Canada, 2003.

Lass, William E. How the Forty Ninth-Parallel became the International Boundary. Minnesota History Magazine 44, no. 6 (1975): 209-219.

MacKay, Douglas. The Honourable Company . Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1966.

MacLaren, Ian. David Thompsons Imaginative Mapping of the Canadian Northwest 17841812. Ariel 15 (1984): 89-106.

Malainey, Mary E. The Gros Ventre/Fall Indians in Historical and Archaeological Interpretation. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies XXV, 1 (2005): 15583.

Marwick, Ernest W. William Tomison, Pioneer of the Fur Trade. Alberta Historical Review 10, no. 4 (1962): 18.

Morrison, Jean, ed. Lake Superior to Rainy Lake: Three Centuries of Fur Trade History . Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2003.

_____. Superior Rendezvous-Place: Fort William in the Canadian Fur Trade . Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2001.

Morton, W.L. The North West Company Pedlars Extraordinary. Minnesota History Magazine 40, no. 4 (1966): 15765.

Nisbet, Jack. Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson across Western North America . Seattle: Sasquatch, 1994.

Nute, Grace Lee. Rainy River Country . St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1950.

_____. The Voyageurs Highway . St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1941.

Pollitt, Frances L. Mapping the International Boundary between British Canadas and the United States: the letters and maps of David Thompson 18171827. Paper presented at World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council, August 1014, 2008, Qubec, Canada.

Ray, Arthur J. I Have Lived Here Since the World Began: An Illustrated History of Canadas Native People . Toronto: Lester Publishing & Key Porter Books, 1996.

Thompson, David. Columbia Journals . Edited by Barbara Belyea. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 2007.

_____. David Thompsons Narrative of His Explorations in Western America, 17841812 . Edited by J.B. Tyrrell. Toronto: Champlain Society, 1916.

_____. David Thompsons Narrative, 17841812 . Edited by Richard Glover. Toronto: Champlain Society, 1962.

_____. The Writings of David Thompson, Volume 1: The Travels, 1850 Version . Edited by William E. Moreau. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 2009.

Tyrell, Joseph B. A Brief Narrative of the Journeys of David Thompson in North-Western America . Toronto: Copp Clark Company, 1888.

Van Kirk, Sylvia. Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-Trade Society in Western Canada, 16701870 . Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer, 1980.

Wonders, William. Orkney and the Nor-Waast. Alberta History Review 41, no. 1 (1993): 313.

Selected Websites

David Thompson Things. http://www.davidthompsonthings.com