McDonald was head of a group of Scots who emigrated to Hudson Bay and dropped at Churchill instead of York Factory. Several died enroute to their intended settlement on Red River.
Exile in the Wilderness: The Biography of Chief Factor Archibald McDonald 1790-1853.
Cole, Jean Murray. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.
- Hudson's Bay Company.
- Arctic Reading: Canada
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Keep the Mind Alive: Literary Leanings in the Fur Trade.
Cole, Jean Murray. Journal of Canadian Studies16 no. 2 (1981) p. 87-93.
- Arctic Reading: Canada
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Fur traders in the 1830s showed strong need for newspaper and periodical literature, which the Company refused to ship inland with other supplies because of their weight. Though starved for news, books would sometimes help. Scotsmen favored Ossian, Burns, and Scott, but there was also demand for classic English literature, Shakespeare and Dickens.