George Simpson (HBC administrator)
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george-simpson-hbc-administrator-172-3647279
title:
George Simpson (HBC administrator)
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Sir George Simpson was a Scottish explorer and colonial governor of the Hudson's Bay Company during the period of its greatest power. From 1820 to 1860, he was in practice, if not in law, the British viceroy for the whole of Rupert's Land, an enormous territory of 3.9 millions square kilometres corresponding to nearly forty per cent of modern-day Canada. His efficient administration of the west was a precondition for the confederation of western and eastern Canada, which later created the Domini
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Scottish colonial administrator and explorer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Simpson_(HBC_administrator)
date created:
2004-09-19T00:14:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:36:23Z
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