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farther along Finlay River, but was later relocated near the meeting of Fox, Kwadacha and Finlay Rivers. It became a "full-fledged" post in 1929. The fort introduced the local
Kwadacha people to its wares as well as commercial trapping, still a mainstay of life in the region and for the
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District Manager of Fur Trade (1927-1932). William reportedly portaged across Canada to set up Telegraph Creek Trading Post, meeting and hunting with
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267:Kwadacha First Nation
223:Kwadacha First Nation
208:Rocky Mountain Trench
196:Rocky Mountain Trench
455:Record high °C (°F)
254:Hudson's Bay Company
118:57.42083; -125.62222
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993:Average snowy days
735:Record low °C (°F)
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1254:Categories
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1092:References
282:Louis Riel
231:Kaska Dena
186:or simply
149:Population
101:57°25â˛15âłN
1265:Fur trade
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370:Geography
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1048:See also
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874:(19.42)
805:Average
800:(â54.9)
795:(â50.1)
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750:(â39.1)
745:(â47.2)
740:(â54.9)
670:(â11.9)
204:Kwadacha
180:Kwadacha
138:Province
76:Kwadacha
36:Kwadacha
944:(73.4)
939:(18.5)
934:(14.2)
889:(11.9)
884:(16.6)
869:(2.37)
864:(1.84)
859:(1.10)
854:(1.70)
849:(1.91)
844:(2.71)
839:(1.74)
834:(1.30)
829:(0.58)
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819:(1.50)
814:(1.96)
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398:Climate
237:History
129:Country
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894:(5.4)
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411:Month
376:Trench
300:Finlay
247:Tahche
243:Sekani
227:Sekani
200:Finlay
132:Canada
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