Fonds SCA6-GA3 - Colin Rankin fonds.

To Colin Rankin Esquire from the officers of the Company residing in the Temiskamingue District.Resolutions passed by Members of the Bar of the County of Renfrew following the death of Colin Sc...Correspondence from D. A. Smith, Hudson's Bay House, Montreal.Correspondence from Lord Grey, Ottawa.Correspondence from Gordon R. Brady, North Bay, Ont.Farewell document to Colin Rankin Esquire from the citizens of the Town of Mattawa, Ontario.Correspondence from John G. Smith, Hudson's Bay House, London, England.Correspondence from D. Smith, Hudson's Bay Co., Montreal.Correspondence from William Thornton Urquhart, Fort Garry.Correspondence from J.A. Grahame, Hudson's Bay Co., Fort Garry.

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Colin Rankin fonds.

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  • Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.

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SCA6-GA3

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Physical description

13 cm of textual records
1 photograph

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Name of creator

Rankin, Colin
([1826]-1921)

Biographical history

Colin Rankin, Hudson's Bay Company factor, was born July 29, [1826] in New Brunswick. He was married twice, first in 1856 to Rebecca Scott (1838-1870) and again in 1873 to Rebecca Deacon. Engaged by Sir George Simpson in March 1848, he became a Chief ... »

Scope and content

Fonds consists of correspondence, documents, journals, and a photograph relating to Colin Rankin's activity as a Fur Trader for the Hudson's Bay Company. Included are three journals kept by Donald McKay, Fur Trader, between 1799 and 1806, which were ... »

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Immediate source of acquisition

Two grandsons of Colin Rankin donated the contents of this fonds. Colin Rankin's papers were donated by John L. Rankin, Lac Marois, Quebec in 1966. Donald McKay's Journals and biographical information copied from the Rankin Family Bible were donated by ... »

Availability of other formats

A microfilm copy of this fonds is available in the Archives of Ontario and is listed in Guide to the Archives of Ontario (1985) as MS 65.

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Public Domain

Associated materials

A diary written by Colin Rankin between 1882 to 1883 is held by the Archive of Manitoba [E.28/1].
Further material relating to Colin Rankin can be found at the Archives of Ontario in their Fur Trade Collection in MU 1390 McKay-Rankin Letter, and in MU 1392-MU 1400.

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General note

The spelling of geographic names referenced in these records represent regional spelling(s) at the time of creation. Several have changed over time, influenced by the language spoken by settler fur traders and colonial entities pre- and post-Canadian Confederation.

General note

Content note: "Indian" is an outdated term used historically to refer to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada which many find offensive. The use of the term appears throughout the records in this fonds and has been maintained in keeping with ... »

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The journals of Donald McKay are referenced in Jennifer S.H. Brown's Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country (1982) [G14778] as an example of documentation about the role unnamed Indigenous, likely First Nations, women played in ... »

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Redescribed Fall 2023 by DR.