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Peter Pond (January 18, 1739 – 1807) was an American explorer, cartographer, merchant and soldier who was a founding member of the North West Company and the Beaver Club. Though he was born and died in Milford, Connecticut, most of his life was spent in northwestern North America, on the upper Mississippi and in western Canada.
Peter Pond (Milford, Connecticut, 1739 o 1740 - Milford, 1807) fue soldado del regimiento de Connecticut, comerciante de pieles, miembro fundador de la Compañía del Noroeste, explorador del Ártico y cartógrafo nacido en los Estados Unidos.
7 de ene. de 2008 · Peter Pond, fur trader (b at Milford, Conn 18 Jan 1739/40; d there 1807). In 1775, with proverbial Yankee shrewdness, Pond moved from the area southwest of the Great Lakes, where he had been trading for most of the previous decade, to focus on what is now the Canadian West, which proved a much richer territory.
POND, PETER, army officer, fur trader, explorer, map maker, and writer; b. 18 Jan. 1739/40 in Milford, Conn., eldest son of Peter Pond and Mary Hubbard; m. Susanna Newell, probably in 1762, and they had at least two children; d. 1807 in Milford.
Peter Pond (Milford, Connecticut, 1739 o 1740 - Milford, 1807) fue soldado del regimiento de Connecticut, comerciante de pieles, miembro fundador de la Compañía del Noroeste, explorador del Ártico y cartógrafo nacido en los Estados Unidos.
In the fall of 1778, Peter Pond built what became known as the Old Establishment on the Athabasca River approximately one-half mile downstream from the confluence with the Embarras River. By establishing himself in Athabasca Coun-try and trading directly with the native inhabitants, he effec-tively curbed the flow of fine furs to the Hudson's Bay
exploration of Mackenzie River. In Mackenzie River: History of Mackenzie River. In 1778 one of them, Peter Pond, found Portage La Loche (Methy Portage) connecting the headwaters of Churchill River with the Clearwater River, itself one of the east-bank tributaries of the Athabasca River.
