Jaco Finlay
(1768-1828)
Canadian fur trader, scout, and explorer
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Jacques Raphaël Finlay (1768–1828), commonly known as Jaco or Jacco (pr. Jocko), was an early Canadian fur trader, scout, and explorer associated with the North West Company. He built Spokane House and Kootanae House, two key fur-trading posts of the era, and helped David Thompson cross the Continental Divide and discover the Columbia River.
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1768 Finlay Fort, near Nipawin Rapids, Saskatchewan River, Canada
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1828 (aged 59) Spokane House, Oregon Country
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