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As we learned in the previous Ponderings, Jennings, in his book The Canoe, A Living Tradition , writes: “By 1793, Alexander Mackenzie, travelling by canoe,…
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Holcroft was to complete Shaftesbury Settlement boundaries and subdivide three townships in the area of present-day Grimshaw and Griffin Creek. “Like Saint Cyr, the year before, Holcroft was allowed considerable discretion in undertaking his work.”
“Those claiming free grants in the northern Shaftesbury for having occupied their [river] lots since prior to the Treaty 8 signing [1899] were: Roman Catholic Diocese of Athabasca (Lots 22, 23); Francis La Pretre (Lot 24); Felix La Pretre (Lot 25); Jean Baptiste La Pretre (Lot 26); Alex Mackenzie Jr. (Lot 30); Alex Mackenzie Sr. (Lot 31); James Mackenzie (Lot 33); John B. Collins (Lot 38); Charles St. Germain Sr. (Lot 39); Charles St. Germain Jr. (Lot 40); Joseph St. Germain (Lot 42). All received title to their holdings.”
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Thompson’s sight, compromised in his youth by the loss in his right eye, completely failed him by 1851, when he lost the sight of the left one. Although not a welcome situation, his complete blindness and years of misfortune did not diminish his belief in the ultimate goodness of Providence. Nor did it diminish the solace he found in wife Charlotte’s support and “unfailing care”.
On further researching the life of David Thompson, your scribe discovered it was not daughter Fanny, but rather daughter Eliza and her husband, Dalhousie Landall with whom David and Charlotte lived in Longueuil, near Montréal.