Thomas Simpson (explorer)
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Thomas Simpson was a Scottish Arctic explorer, fur trader and cousin of Governor Sir George Simpson of the Hudson's Bay Company. He is known for helping chart the northern coasts of Canada as well as
Thomas Simpson
Métis
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The Métis are a mixed-ancestry Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and th
Thomas Simpson (explorer)
…in the United States, where he would embark on a voyage that would eventually take him to England. He initially set out with a group of settlers and Métis but soon left the main party with four Métis traveling companions—Antoine Legros Sr, Antoine Legros Jr, John Bird and James Bruce—in order to make…
Population distribution of self-identified Métis Canadians by census division, 2021 census
Contemporary lithograph of the Battle of Batoche
The Trapper's Bride by Alfred Jacob Miller, 1837
Métis fur trader, c. 1870