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James McKay

James McKay is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · Deer Lodge Centre, 2109 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg · location approximate

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On this site stood Deer Lodge, the home of the Honourable James McKay. He helped to guide the transition from fur trading to farming. Trader, freighter, plains guide, Councillor of Assiniboia, he was, with his mixed ancestry, representative of the complexity of Red River society and at home with the fur trader and hunter. Noted for his fluency in Indian languages and his friendship with the plains tribes, McKay was advisor, interpreter, negotiator of Treaties I to IV, Co-commissioner of Treaty V and Indian Commissioner of Treaty VI. A member of the Council of the North-West Territories, he was in the newly created province of Manitoba, President of the Executive Council, Minister of Agriculture and Speaker of the Legislative Council.

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À cet emplacement s'élevait Deer Lodge, la maison de l'honorable James McKay. Il aida à faire la transition de la traite des fourrures à l'agriculture. Marchand, transporteur, guide des plaines, conseiller d'Assiniboia, il était, de par ses origines mixtes, représentatif de la société complexe de la Rivière Rouge et à l'aise avec les marchands de pelleteries et les chasseurs. Réputé pour sa connaissance des langues indiennes et ses relations amicales avec les tribus des plaines, il fut conseiller, interprète et négociateur aux Traités I à IV, co-commissaire pour le Traité V et commissaire aux Indiens pour le Traité VI. Membre du conseil des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, il occupa, dans la nouvelle province du Manitoba les postes de président du conseil exécutif, ministre de l'Agriculture et président du conseil législatif.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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