The ‘Frances’ in the Fort Traveling on her honeymoon with her husband Sir George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson Bay Company, Frances Simpson describes the fort in her diary, 1830; “The rain fell in torrents all night, and until 9 A.M. . . . — — Map (db m309949) HM
Lady Frances Ramsay Simpson, as a bride of the Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Sir George Simpson visited the Hudson’s Bay Company Post here on June 1, 1830. In September 25, 1830, the post was renamed “Fort Frances” in her honour. — — Map (db m262100) HM