Early Career
Kelsey was apprenticed to the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1684 and departed England for Canada on May 6, 1684. He was posted at a fort on Hudson's Bay near present day York Factory, Manitoba near the mouth of the Nelson River on Hudson's Bay. Kelsey's explorations apparently began in the winter of 1688-1689 when he and an Indian boy carried mail overland 200 miles from Fort York to Fort Severn, another HBC post. He was described as "รค very active Lad delighting much in Indians company, being never better pleased than when he is traveling among them." In the summer of 1689, Kelsey and the same Indian boy attempted to find and open trade with Indians north of the Churchill River. Kelsey traveled inland for about 235 miles north of the Churchill, but returned without having any success.
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