Plaque Location
The District of Nipissing
The Municipality of Temagami
Near the site of the former post, Bear Island, Lake
Temagami
Plaque Text
The first Hudson's Bay post on Lake
Timagami was established on the south shore of Timagami
Island in 1834 under Chief Trader Richard Hardisty, the
father-in-law of Lord Strathcona. It was essentially an
outpost of the Company's larger establishment on Lake
Timiskaming in the Ottawa Valley. Temagami (originally
Timagami) was not a large centre of trade and, in its
early days, was abandoned several times. However, in
these instances the consequent establishment of rival
traders induced the Company to reopen the post. In the
1870's it was moved to this site on Bear Island.