Simon Fraser (explorer)
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Simon Fraser was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. He also built the first European settlement in British Columbia.
Pre-1825 portrait of Fraser
This historic marker is located in front of Fraser's birthplace home. The home is still standing in Mapletown, NY, one-half mile north of NY Route 7 on Rensselaer County of Mapletown, Hoosick, New York.
A bust of Fraser, located by the river that bears his name, in New Westminster, British Columbia
Fraser River
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The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres, into the Strait of Georgia
Simon Fraser (explorer)
…operations west of the Rocky Mountains. He was responsible for building that area's first trading posts, and in 1808, he explored what is now known as the Fraser River, which bears his name. Fraser's exploratory efforts were partly responsible for Canada's boundary later being established at the 49th parallel (after…
The Fraser River, from the grounds of Westminster Abbey, above Hatzic in Mission, British Columbia, looking upstream (E)
The Descent of the Fraser River, 1808, by C.W. Jefferys
Source of Fraser River at Fraser Pass
The Fraser near the community of Fountain