CNHP Peter Fidler, (1769-1822)
N 54° 07.739 W 108° 26.106
12U E 667590 N 6000913
Located in Meadow Lake, on the corner Fourth Avenue West and First Street West.
Waymark Code: WMX30H
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 11/19/2017
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Peter Fidler, 1769-1822
Surveyor and fur trader, born in Bolsover, England, Fidler came to Canada in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1788. He established trading posts such as Bolsover and Greenwich (1799), Chesterfied House (1800), and Nottingham (1802), but was as a surveyor that he made his great contribution to the exploration of the West. He made the initial survey of some 5000 miles of waterways in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and surveyed the Selkirk settlement and the boundaries of the district of Assiniboia. His compiled maps and his journals are the basic historical sources. He died at Fort Dauphin soon after his retirement.
Arpenteur et trafiquant de fourrures né à Bolsover (Angleterre), Fidler vint au Canada en 1788 au service de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson. Il érigea diver postes de traite, dont Bolsover et Greenwich (1799), Chesterfield House (1880) et Nottingham (1802). Ses travaux professionnels contribuèrent à faire connaître l'Ouest. Outre lea colonie de Selkirk et le district d'Assiniboia, il arpenta, en Alberta, en Saskatchewan et au Manitoba, cinq mille milles de bassins hydrographiques. Ses plans et journaix son de précieux document historiques. Il mourut au fort Dauphin peu après s'y être retiré.
Historic Site and Monuments Board of Canada.
Commission de lieux et monuments historiques du Canada.
Government of Canada-Gouvernement du Canada
Classification: National Historic Person
Province or Territory: Saskatchewan
Location - City name/Town name: Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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