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	Simon Fraser (explorer) Summary
		Simon Fraser (1776-1862) was a Canadian explorer and fur trader and the first man to follow the Fraser River from its source in the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
		Simon Fraser was born at Bennington, N.Y., the son of Capt. Simon Fraser.
		Simon Fraser's exploratory efforts were partly responsible for Canada's boundary later being established at the 49th parallel (after the War of 1812), since he as a British subject was the first European to establish permanent settlements in the area.
	www.bookrags.com /Simon_Fraser_(explorer) (2159 words)

	Simon Fraser University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Simon Fraser (explorer) Simon Fraser (1776-1862) was a fur trader for the Montreal-based North West Company and by 1805 had been put in charge of all the company's operations west of the Rocky Mountains.
		Simon Fraser (explorer) Simon Fraser (explorer) Simon Fraser (1776-1862) was a fur trader for the simon fraser university.
		Simon Fraser (explorer) Simon Fraser (explorer) Simon Fraser (explorer) Simon Fraser (explorer) Simon Fraser (1776-1862) was a fur trader for the Montreal-based North West Company and by 1805 had been put in charge of all the company's operations west of the Rocky Mountains.
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	Simon Fraser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Simon Fraser was introduced in 1992 and is a winter-hardy, low shrub rose with an upright growth habit.
		Simon Fraser originated from a cross of a breeding line derived from Bonanza, Arthur Bell, Red Dawn and Suzanne, and a line derived from R. kordesii, Red Dawn, Suzanne and Champlain.
		Le cultivar Simon Fraser a été sélectionné après 5 ans d'essai à L'Assomption et il n'a à peu près pas nécessité de taille du bois mort au printemps.
	www.canadianrosesociety.org /hardyroses/sfraser.html (297 words)

	AllRefer.com - Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		In 1805 he was chosen to inaugurate the company's operations beyond the Rocky Mts., and after exploring and establishing trading posts on the upper reaches of the Fraser River, he and John Stuart and 20 companions explored (1808) the same river to tidewater.
		In 1811, Fraser was placed in charge of the important Red River department of his company, where he came into conflict with the earl of Selkirk over the Red River Settlement.
		Fraser's journals of the expedition were edited by W. Lamb (1960).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FraserSCan.html (277 words)

	The Fraser-Leslie Connection
		Simon Fraser died 6 May 1839; his burial on 8 May, recorded in the register of Lachine St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, was witnessed by his son John Fraser, and by Peter Grant.
		Fraser’s widow, Catherine McKay, continued to live in the house until her death 29 May 1846; her burial on 31 May, recorded in Lachine St Andrew’s Presbyterian, was in presence of Wm Simpson; there is no indication of her age, or any record of family members in attendance.
		Simon Fraser was one of the chief factors of the Honourable Northwest Company, and his brother, Thomas Fraser, was an officer in the Royals, and acted as Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Kent when he was in command of the forces in Canada.
	www.electricscotland.com /canada/fraser/steannes.htm (1928 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Simon Fraser University
		Simon Fraser University is a university in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia.
		Simon Fraser University was named after Simon Fraser, explorer of the Vancouver area.
		Simon Fraser University has 3 campuses: Its main campus in Burnaby, a satellite campus at Vancouver's Downtown at Harbour Centre[?] and the new SFU Surrey[?] campus.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/si/Simon_Fraser_University?title=Harbour_Centre (135 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He was the eighth and youngest child of Simon Fraser, who was descended from the Frasers of Culbokie and Guisachan, a cadet branch of the Frasers of Lovat, and Isabella Grant, daughter of the laird of Daldregan.
		Simon Fraser and William, his eldest son, enlisted in July and took part in the battle of Bennington on 17 August, when the British were decisively defeated.
		Fraser was unable to go as far into the Strait of Georgia as he wished to do, and when he hurried back up the river the Indians pursued and harassed his party as far as the vicinity of Hope.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38559 (3389 words)

	SIMON FRASER: More Than Just a University
		Descended from a well-known Scottish Highland family, the Lovat Frasers, Simon ‘Jr.’ was the youngest son of Simon Fraser of Culbokie and Isabel Grant of Duldreggan.
		In 1805 Simon was chosen for the important role of expanding the company’s trade to the land west of the Rocky Mountains from 1805-1808.
		Simon Fraser named his lead canoe, Perseverance, which was also the motto of the North West Company and one of the greatest strengths of the Scottish people.
	www3.telus.net /st_simons/cr9902.htm (1105 words)

	Simon Fraser, the Explorer
		Simon Fraser was born May 20, 1776, in the small rural hamlet of Mapletown in Hoosick Township, New York, near Bennington, Vermont.
		As a partner, Fraser was selected to oversee the extension of the company's activities to the land west of the Rocky Mountains from 1805-1808.
		Simon and Catherine Fraser were buried in a single grave, which exists to this day in the Roman Catholic cemetery at St. Andrews West.
	www.sfu.ca /archives/history-SFU/SF-expl.html (877 words)

	John Fraser
		John Fraser, born c1779, is not mentioned in the document, dated 11 Jan 1796, related to the tutorship of the children of the late Judge John Fraser who died in Montreal on 5 Dec 1795.
		Fraser commanded the 53rd Regiment 1900-1905; in which one brother Captain E. Fraser, was a former officer; and another was Captain C.K. Fraser.
		The witnesses at the marriage of Frank Dillon Tims of the City of Quebec, Gentleman and Bachelor and Caroline Dudley Fraser of the Town of Sherbrooke, Spinster, on 23 Oct 1852, was Thomas C. Racey [s/o Benjamin Racey and Ann Fraser, d/o Simon Fraser of Matane] and L. Fraser.
	www.clanfraser.ca /johnfraser.htm (3442 words)

	Simon Fraser
		Simon Fraser was no exception and he belonged to the latter class.
		Those two years in school enabled Simon Fraser to start as a clerk and about nine years later, at the age of 25, he was made a member of the company.
		In later years Simon Fraser returned to the Fraser farm home near St. Andrews and here I must point out that Simon Fraser, a bachelor at 44, was different to most Scotchmen of that age; he married a Catherine Macdonell in St. Andrews R. Church.
	members.tripod.com /~GLENGARRY/simonfraser.html (1529 words)

	Simon Fraser-Explorer
		Simon Fraser could be called the founding father of British Columbia because he built the first colonial trading posts west of the Rockies, enabling the British Crown to eventually claim the land.
		Simon's Loyalist father was captured at the Battle of Bennington and died a prisoner in Albany jail.
		Fraser pretended to be in a great rage, which restored order but once again they were obliged to take the canoe by force, leaving a blanket as payment.
	www.discovervancouver.com /GVB/simonsfr.asp (1605 words)

	Simon fraser - A Virtual Tour of SFU Vancouver
		Simon Fraser is a leading landscape, science, nature and environmental photographer, whose images have been published in many countries around the world.
		Simon Fraser could be called the founding father of British Columbia because he built the first colonial trading posts west of the Rockies, enabling the
		Simon Fraser is remembered mainly as the explorer of what is now called the Fraser River (named after him by David Thompson).
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	e.Peak (16/1/2006) features: Colonial...by design: rethinking the name Simon Fraser University
		When considering this darker side of Simon Fraser’s legacy is should be clear that his name in no way represents the humanism, democracy, nor intelligence that a university should reflect.
		When Simon Fraser Lord Lovat was confronted about his relation to the explorer by the media after the opening ceremonies in 1965, he stated that although the Fraser Clan is “all related by blood lines.
		In stark contrast to the treatment afforded to Donald Fraser, Lord Lovat was allowed to speak at length during the widely publicised ceremony, his travel costs were provided for by the university, and he received the second honourary degree ever awarded by the new institution.
	www.peak.sfu.ca /the-peak/2006-1/issue2/fe-sfu.html (1556 words)

	Explorers of Canada, Part XXVIII: Simon Fraser
		In 1784, Simon Fraser's father was put in jail because he was a Loyalist, and fighter for Britain during the war(he later died because of harsh treatment in the Albany jail).
		Due to the harrassment of American rebels even after the peace of 1783, Simon Fraser's mother brought the family to Canada where her brother-in-law was a judge, in Montreal.
		Simon Fraser was charged in the affair yet was acquited later.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/93610 (435 words)

	Oregon History ProjectOregon Biographies Simon Fraser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Fraser was born in Vermont in 1776 to a family that supported Britain in the American Revolution.
		Fraser embarked on the river that bears his name in late May 1808, with a crew of twenty-three.
		After calculating his latitude, Fraser was disappointed to learn he had descended, not the Columbia, as he had intended, but the Fraser River, several hundred miles to the north.
	www.ohs.org /education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Simon-Fraser.cfm (593 words)

	Explorers from the 1700's - EnchantedLearning.com
		Cook's first journey was from 1768 to 1771, when he sailed to Tahiti in order to observe Venus as it passed between the Earth and the Sun (in order to try to determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun).
		Simon Fraser (1776-1862) was a fur trader and explorer.
		Fraser established Fort McLeod in 1805, Fort St. James and Fort Fraser in 1806, and Fort George in 1807.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/1700.shtml (2954 words)

	Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer — Infoplease.com
		In 1811, Fraser was placed in charge of the important Red River department of his company, where he came into conflict with the earl of
		Fraser, river, Canada - Fraser Fraser, chief river of British Columbia, Canada, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long.
		Loyalists and the fur trade: the impact of the American revolution on western Canadian history.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0819516.html (288 words)

	Explorers - F - EnchantedLearning.com
		Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) was an English explorer and Admiral who proved the existence of a Northwest Passage (a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through Canada).
		Scottish explorer John Rae determined that Franklin and his expedition had died of starvation and exposure in the Arctic; Eskimos at Pelly Bay told Rae of Franklin's fate.
		Sir Martin Frobisher (1535?-1594) was an English privateer (a pirate licensed by the British government), navigator, explorer, and naval officer.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/indexf.shtml (740 words)

	SFU Board of Governors
		The SFU Board of Governors has 15 members including the Chancellor, the President, 2 elected faculty members, 2 elected students, 1 elected staff member, and 8 individuals appointed by the Government of the Province of British Columbia.
		The Board of Governors is the senior governing body at Simon Fraser University constituted under the University Act.
		The University was named after explorer Simon Fraser and opened in September 1965.
	www.sfu.ca /bog (188 words)

	Fraser university - Simon Fraser University
		Simon Fraser University is a seeking a Director of the Office of Research Ethics.
		The BC Cancer Agency and Simon Fraser University celebrated the formal launch of Simon Fraser University is one of Canada's leading universities with an
		Note, that your "fraser" home directory is not available on bugaboo, thus, you must use "scp" to transfer files to your home directory on bugaboo.
	storelib.com /?q=fraser-university (241 words)

	SIMON FRASER;EXPLORER = HIS COUNTRY WIVES & COUNTRY CHILDREN
		Simon Fraser the explorer was a clerk for the Northwest Fur Company, still a teenager when sent to a post in Atabasca area of Northwest Canada.
		Little is written of Simon's experiences until he became known for his explorations some years later, but it appears that he had country wives and country children.
		In December 1806 Simon writes to his friend McDougall, "I am glad to hear that the children are well taken care of.
	genforum.genealogy.com /fraser/messages/2522.html (146 words)

	Fraser River
		North West Company explorer Simon Fraser (1776–1862) opened the fur trade west of the Rocky Mountains, and was the first white man to descend the Fraser River to its mouth.
		Fraser was born in Bennington, Vermont, and came to Québec with his mother after his father, a Loyalist officer, died as a prisoner of war during the American revolution.
		Fraser joined the North West Company in 1792 and was sent to the Athabasca department.
	www.spiralroad.com /sr/pn/f/fraser_river.html (351 words)

	Fraser (1808) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Simon Fraser, an explorer and fur trader, was born in 1776 in Mapletown, Vermont.
		From May to August 1808, Fraser managed, at the cost of tremendous effort, to go down the river that now bears his name to its mouth and then to follow it back up.
		Fraser for his part continued to be active in the fur trade until 1816, when he retired.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /passages/h8-218-e.html (280 words)

	explorer simon fraser
		__ "Simon Fraser was born May 20, 1776, in the small rural hamlet of Mapletown in Hoosick Township, New York, near Bennington, Vermont.
		His father, Simon Fraser, senior, and his mother Isabella Grant, had emigrated from Scotland in 1773." You will find a brief, but good, biography.
		Fraser was employed by the Montreal-based North West Company and by 1805 had been put in charge of all the company's operations west of the Rocky Mountains." You will find an encyclopedic article with links to related materials.
	www.archaeolink.com /explorer_simon_fraser.htm (339 words)

	Brad Fraser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The screenplay is an adaptation of Fraser's internationally successul play, "Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love." Fraser's play was produced in every major Canadian city, as well as in New York, Chicago, Washington, and various other American cities.
		He took me through the screenwriting process, and showed me how to make the story cinematic." Fraser was born in Alberta, and is a descendant of the famous explorer Simon Fraser.
		Fraser's most recent success is the play, "Poor Super Man," which TIME MAGAZINE called "one of the best plays of 1994." The play was a tremendous hit during its London run.
	www.sonypictures.com /classics/remains/credits/fraser.html (375 words)

	Simon Fraser University
		It was named after Simon Fraser (explorer, fur trader, 1776-1862) who gave his name to the Fraser River.
		At its inception in 1965 the Centre for Communications and the Arts (within the Faculty of Education) offered non-credit workshops in dance, film, music, theatre, and visual arts, conducted by resident and visiting artists.
		Mailing served 1966-8 as conductor of the 32-voice Simon Fraser University Choir and its subsection, the Simon Fraser University Chamber Singers.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003218 (823 words)

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