The Bastard of Fort Stikine

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Edited by Sarah Brohman.

Cover photo of beaver dam by Jason Drury (500px.com/jasondrury).

Firearm photo courtesy of Fredericton Region Museum.

Cover and page design by Chris Tompkins.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Komar, Debra, 1965-, author

The bastard of Fort Stikine : the Hudson’s Bay Company

and the murder of John McLoughlin Jr. / Debra Komar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-86492-871-9 (pbk.). — ISBN 978-0-86492-781-1 (epub). —

ISBN 978-0-86492-721-7 (mobi)

1. McLoughlin, John, Jr., died 1842. 2. McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857. 3. Simpson, George, Sir, 1792?-1860. 4. Murder — Alaska — Fort Stikine. 5. Hudson’s Bay Company — Employees — Crimes against. 6. Hudson’s Bay Company — Employees — Biography. 7. Fort Stikine (Alaska) — Biography. 8. Hudson’s Bay Company — History. I. Title.

HV6533.A53K64 2015 364.152’3097982 C2014-906844-1

C2014-906845-X

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