Fort Edmonton - List of Chief Factors

List of Chief Factors

Chief Factors at Fort Edmonton
Chief Factor Years Served Notes
William Tomison 1795–1796 Started Edmonton House to compete with NWC Fort Augustus.
George Sutherland 1796–1797
William Tomison 1797–1798
James Curtis Bird 1799–1816 The fort was relocated twice during Bird's tenure.
Hugh Carswell 1816–1817
Francis Heron 1817–1821 HBC and NWC merger coincides with the end of Heron's tenure; afterward, Fort Augustus was absorbed into Fort Edmonton.
James Sutherland 1821–1822
John Rowand 1823–1840 Longest-serving chief factor at Edmonton.
John Edward Harriott 1841–1842 Rowand's chief trader and son-in-law by country marriage.
John Rowand 1842–1846
John Edward Harriott 1847–1848
John Rowand 1848–1854 Final years of service; died May 30, 1854.
William Sinclair 1854–1857
John Swanston 1857–1858
William J. Christie 1858–1872
Richard Charles Hardisty 1872–1883 Later a Canadian Senator.
James MacDougall 1883–1885
Richard Charles Hardisty 1885–1888
Harrison S. Young 1888–1891
William T. Livock 1891–1910 Transitioned to the retail store located on Jasper Avenue in what is now Edmonton's downtown core. The outward face of an old HBC department store still exists there, but the building is presently inhabited by Citytv Edmonton and a branch of the U of A.

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