Links to Sites on European and American Exploration
of the Upper Midwest

Historic Hudson's Bay Company -- part of the HBC corporate website, this site provides a decent history of the Hudson's Bay Company's activities in Canada and the upper midwest.   There is also a general description of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives collection at the Provincial Archives of Manitoba.

Lewis and Clark, Corps of Discovery Archives -- web site of the Public Broadcasting System, containing extensive excerpts from the journals kept by the Lewis and Clark expedition, reproductions of maps created by Clark during the expedition, a timeline of the journey, and extensive bibliography of sources, and interviews with experts on Lewis and Clark.

Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature -- this museum in Winnipeg contains a number of exhibits on early exploration and settlement in the region.  The website provides an overview to the museum. 

Provincial Archives of Manitoba -- site provides some detail on the Hudson's Bay Company Archives collection maintained at the Provincial Archives, a prime source of information on British exploration of the upper Midwest region, including the lands that became the Minnesota Territory.

David Thompson -- site about the life and activities of David Thompson (1770-1857), a British explorer who in the 1790s traversed much of the Upper Midwest while mapping the exact boundary between the United States and British Canada.  Thompson later described his experiences and explorations in a large book, Narrative of David Thomson, which has been republished many times.