Frobisher, Joseph

A partner of the North West Company. Member of the fur-trading firm of McTavish, Frobisher and Company. Built a fort on Red River, and penetrated to the Church ill River, 1774, where, at Frog Portage, he built a post. Gave the name of English River to the Church ill. Accompanied Alexander Henry up the Saskatchewan in 1775. Returned to Montreal, but retained a large interest in the fur trade until 1798, when he retired. Index : Hd His petition to Haldimand, 261. MS Builds trading-post on Sturgeon Lake in 1772, 4. Bib. : Henry, Travels and Adventures , ed. by Bain; Mackenzie, History of the Fur Trade in his Voyages .