Editing Hudson's Bay Company (section)

===HBC explorers, builders, and associates===
* [[James Knight (explorer)|James Knight]] ({{Circa|1640|1721}}) was a director of Hudson's Bay Company and an explorer who died in an expedition to the Northwest Passage.<ref>{{cite DCB |title=Knight, James |first=Ernest S. |last=Dodge |volume=2 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/knight_james_2E.html |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Associates: James Knight |url=http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/associates/knight |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage |archive-date=6 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006075119/http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/associates/knight |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Knight, James |last=Laughton |first=John Knox |author-link=John Knox Laughton |volume=31 |page=254}}</ref>
* [[Henry Kelsey]] ({{Circa|1667}} – 1 November 1724), a.k.a. the Boy Kelsey, was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. In 1690, Henry Kelsey embarked on a 2-year exploration journey that made him the first white man to see buffalo.<ref>{{cite DCB |title=Kelsey, Henry |volume=2 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/kelsey_henry_2E.html |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Thanadelthur]] ({{Circa|1697}} – 5 February 1717) was a woman of the Chipewyan nation who was a guide and interpreter for Hudson's Bay Company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Women: Thanadelthur |url=http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/women/thanadelthur.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222105152/http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/women/thanadelthur.asp |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Hearne]] (1745–92) was an English explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist. In 1774, Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson's Bay Company, its first interior trading post and the first permanent settlement in present Saskatchewan.<ref name="DNB_Hearne" /><ref name="Hearne" />
* [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] (30 April 1770 – 10 February 1857) was a British-Canadian fur trader that worked for both the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Trading Company. He is best known for his extensive explorations and map-making activities. He mapped almost half of North America between the 46th and 60th parallels, from the St Lawrence and Great Lakes all the way to the Pacific.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Explorers: David Thompson |url=http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/explorers/david-thompson |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007053041/http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/explorers/david-thompson |archive-date=7 October 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk|Thomas Douglas, Lord Selkirk]] (20 June 1771 – 8 April 1820) was a Scottish peer and philanthropist who, as HBC's majority shareholder, arranged to purchase land at Red River to establish a colony for dispossessed Scottish immigrants.<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Douglas, Thomas (1771-1820) |last=Christy |first=Miller |author-link=Miller Christy |volume=15 |pages=350–353}}</ref>
* [[Isobel Gunn]] or Isabella Gunn ({{Circa|1780}} – 7 November 1861), also known as John Fubbister or Mary Fubbister, was a Scottish labourer employed by Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), noted for having passed herself as a man, thereby becoming the first European woman to travel to Rupert's Land, now part of Western Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Women: Isobel Gunn |url=http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/women/isobelgunn.asp |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104409/http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/women/isobelgunn.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[George Simpson (administrator)|George Simpson]] (1787 – 7 September 1860) was the Canadian governor of Hudson's Bay Company during the period of its greatest power, a period which began in 1821 following the company's merger with the North West Trading Company.<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Simpson, George |last=Harris |first=Charles Alexander |author-link=Charles Alexander Harris |volume=52 |pages=269–270}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Builders: Sir George Simpson |url=http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/builders/simpson.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222114551/http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/builders/simpson.asp |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage}}</ref>
* [[John McLean (explorer)|John McLean]] (c. 1799{{nbsp}}– 8 September 1890), a Scoto-Canadian trapper and trader who successfully crossed the entire [[Labrador Peninsula]], opening up an overland route between [[Fort Smith, Labrador|Fort Smith]] on [[Lake Melville]] and [[Fort Chimo]] on [[Ungava Bay]]; first European to discover [[Churchill Falls]] on the [[Churchill River (Atlantic)|Churchill River]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Wells |first=Garron |title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography |year=1982 |url=http://www.biographi.ca |volume=XI |contribution=John McLean |contribution-url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mclean_john_1890_11E.html |place=Toronto |publisher=University of Toronto}}.</ref>
* [[Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (6 August 1820 – 21 January 1914), at various times Chief Factor of the [[Labrador]] district, Commissioner of the Montreal district, and President of the Council of the Northern Department, who pacified [[Louis Riel]] during the [[Red River Rebellion]] of 1870, thus enabling the transfer of [[Rupert's Land]] from the HBC to the fledgling government of Canada. Later, he became Governor of the HBC.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Martin |first=Joseph E. |year=2017 |title=Titans |journal=Canada's History |volume=97 |issue=5 |pages=47–53 |issn=1920-9894}}</ref>
* [[John Rae (explorer)|Dr. John Rae]] (Inuktitut Aglooka ᐊᒡᓘᑲ English: "long strider") (30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish doctor who explored Northern Canada, surveyed parts of the Northwest Passage and reported the fate of the [[Franklin's lost expedition|Franklin Expedition]].<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Rae, John |last=Rix |first=Herbert |author-link=Herbert Rix |volume=47 |pages=151–153}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Explorers: Dr. John Rae |url=http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/explorers/johnrae.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009114937/http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/explorers/johnrae.asp |archive-date=9 October 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage}}</ref>
* [[William Keswick]] (15 April 1834 – 9 March 1912) and grandson [[Keswick family#Sir William Johnstone "Tony" Keswick (1903–1990)|Sir William Johnstone Keswick]] (1903–90) served at HBC; the former as a director and later as governor from 1952 to 1965. The Keswick family are the Scottish business dynasty that controls [[Hong Kong]]-based [[Jardine Matheson]], one of the original British trading houses or Hongs in [[British Hong Kong]].