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Thanadelthur, Dene interpreter and peacemaker

Prince of Wales Fort at the mouth of the Churchill River, Manitoba, in 2012; a later Hudson’s Bay Company fort, not the 1717 post.
Prince of Wales Fort at the mouth of the Churchill River, Manitoba, in 2012; a later Hudson’s Bay Company fort, not the 1717 post. Prince of Wales Fort, Churchill, MB · Peterfitzgerald · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Thanadelthur, a young Dene woman and skilled interpreter, guided a Hudson’s Bay Company expedition from York Factory into Dene territory in 1715–1716. Her diplomacy brought peace between the Dene and the Cree and opened direct trade, leading to a post at the Churchill River in 1717; her story is honoured in Dene oral tradition.

Scope & context

Her role in the 1715–1716 expedition, not the wider history of the fur trade (see CA-K105).

Sources behind this record

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Thanadelthur (died 1717) National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text