Thomas Mc Kay (fur Trader)
Thomas McKay (1796 – 1849) was an Anglo-Métis Canadian Fur trader who worked mainly in the Pacific Northwest for the Pacific Fur Company (PFC), the North West Company (NWC), and the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). He was a fur brigade leader and explorer of the Columbia District and later became a U.S. citizen and an early settler of Oregon.
Read more about Thomas Mc Kay (fur Trader): Family, Wives and Children, Pacific Fur Company, North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company, Later Life
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