HBC Staff

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The Lake Harbour Post journal notes the comings and goings of HBC staff throughout the Hudson Strait region, and, it was, suprisingly, quite an active time.
In the first table each staffer's stay at Lake Harbour is shown along with information as to his departure/arrival; destination/origin; and method of travel. A second table shows the periods each staff member was actually at Lake Harbour Post. A third table shows the birth and death dates for the main characters in the Lake Harbour Post journal 1920 to 1921and gives their years of service. Click on names below for individual biographies. Use the browser "back" button to return here from biographies.

 
Bradbury Cantley Edmunds Hayward Learmonth
Manning Melton Nichols Pennell Stewart


Staff movements

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Name Arrival Departure Days
Stewart on post 01 05 20 dogsled 24 01 21 to Frobisher 268
dogsled 09 02 21 from Frobisher on post 31 05 21 111
Bradbury on post 01 05 20 Nannuk 08 09 20 to Frobisher 130
dogsled 25 04 21 from Frobisher unknown 29 04 21 no mention 4
Learmonth on post 01 05 20 unknown 06 08 20 no mention 97
Nichols Nascopie 08 08 20 Nascopie 09 09 20 to Wolstenholme 32
Pardy Nascopie 08 08 20 Nascopie 09 09 20 to Wolstenholme 32
Storkenson unknown 08 08 20 Daryl 11 08 20 unknown 3
Daryl 30 09 20 Nascopie 08 10 20 on return trip 9
Fleming Nascopie 08 08 20 Nascopie 08 10 20 on return trip 61
Manning Nascopie 24 08 20 on post 31 05 21 280
Peters Nascopie 24 08 20 dogsled 05 04 21 to Dorset 224
Cantley Pelican 03 09 20 Nannuk 08 09 20 to Frobisher 5
dogsled 14 12 20 from Frobisher dogsled 24 01 21 to Frobisher 41
dogsled 23 03 21 from Frobisher dogsled 05 04 21 to Dorset 13
dogsled 02 05 21 from Dorset on post 31 05 21 29
Melton unkown 09 09 20 from Dorset Nascopie 08 10 20 on return trip 29
Pennell dogsled 02 05 21 from Dorset on post 31 05 21 29


Staff on Post
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Date Staff Days
01 05 20 Stewart, Bradbury, Learmonth, Hayward 115
24 08 20 Stewart, Bradbury, Peters, Manning, Cantley, T. Palliser 15
08 09 20 Stewart, Manning, Peters, J. Palliser 97
14 12 20 Stewart, Manning, Peters, Cantley, J. Palliser 41
24 01 21 Manning, Peters 16
09 02 21 Stewart, Manning, Peters 42
23 03 21 Stewart, Manning, Peters, Cantley, J. Palliser 13
05 04 21 Stewart, Manning, J. Palliser 28
03 05 21 Stewart, Manning, Cantley, Pennell


Staff ages
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What is most remarkable about these men were how young they were. When modern youth are just finishing high school some of these men were employed in key roles in isolated trading posts and, in 1921, some with considerable experience.
Bradbury noted in his book that even after returning from Europe and the Great War at 17 he was told by Parsons that he was too young and should wait a year before going North; however, Manning went North at 14; Learmonth, Cantley, and Nichols at 18; Stewart at 20. Melton alone stands out, not having joined until he was 29 years old.
Name DOB DOD Age Years
Stewart 27 07 1893 13 06 1967 27 7
Bradbury ?? ?? 1901 ?? ?? ???? 19 1
Learmonth 03 11 1892 10 12 1985 28 9
Nichols 07 03 1894 31 08 1955 26 7
Pardy
Storkenson
Manning ?? ?? 1904 15 03 58 16 2
Peters
Cantley 20 05 1895 07 08 1969 25 7
Melton 05 10 1887 15 12 1969 33 4
Pennell 4