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1612 -First European sets foot in Manitoba. Capt. Thomas Button winters 2 ships at Port Nelson, near the mouths of the Nelson and Hayes Rivers For 250 years the Hayes River and the Middle Track were the routes into north central North America (Ruperts Land) the fiefdom of the Hudsons Bay Company. With the arrival of the railway at Minneapolis in 1870 the decline began for this major traffic route and it has reverted to a wilderness area. Hayes River Trips of Note1690 - 1692 Henry Kelsey 1715 William Stewart & Thanadelthur 1715 172 Canoes of Cree, Assiniboine, Hidatsa, Bloods, Blackfoot, Mandans, & Sarcee (heavy trade for years) 1721 Henry Kelsey reported large numbers of canoes coming into York Factory 1730 1754 Decline in traffic due to competition from North West Company 1754 Anthony Henday 1757 - 1771 Increase in trade on the Hayes 1772 - 1776 Matthew Cocking 1774 - 1775 Samuel Hearne 1786 - 1793 David Thompson 1811 -1814 Miles Macdonell and tyhe Scottish immigrants 1815 Robert Semple & 100 Highlanders 1819 Sir John Franklin 1821 Peter Rindisbacher to the Red River Settlement 1827 David Douglas 1843 Lieut. John Henry Lefroy - from Montreal to York Factory 1846 Major J. Crofton 1851 Commander Pullen 1868 Rev. Egerton Ryerson Young 1878 Robert Bell 1883 Rev. Joseph Lofthouse 1888 Franklin Remington 1889 Bishop John Horden 1895 & 1899 Bishop Newnham 1890's Arther Heming 1900 Edward A. Preble
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