Frobisher Joseph

A partner of the North West Company. Member of the

fur-trading firm of McTavish, Frobisher and Company. Built a fort on Red

River, and penetrated to the Churchill River, 1774, where, at Frog

Portage, he built a post. Gave the name of English River to the

Churchill. Accompanied Alexander Henry up the Saskatchewan in 1775.

Returned to Montreal, but retained a large interest in the fur trade

until 1798, when he retired. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) His petition to Haldimand,

261. (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Builds trading-post on Sturgeon Lake in 1772, 4. =Bib.=:

Henry, Travels and Adventures, ed. by Bain; Mackenzie, History of the

Fur Trade in his Voyages.