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Duncan McDougall
was a native of
Scotland
who first appears in history as a clerk with the
North West Company
(NWC) in 1801. This position was likely as a result of his uncles,
Angus Shaw
and
Alexander McDougall
,
[1]
who were both partners in the NWC.
In 1803 McDougall was in charge of building a post at
Fort George River
on the east coast of
Ungava Bay
at the mouth of the
George River
,
Quebec
.
By 1810, Duncan had gone to work for
John Jacob Astor
and the
Pacific Fur Company
. He led the party that established
Fort Astoria
in
Oregon
, married Ilchee Moon Woman, daughter of Chief
Comcomly
of the
Chinook
Confederacy, and left her in 1813. By 1813 the Nor'westers had purchased Astoria and McDougall became a partner in the NWC in 1816. In 1817 he returned east to
Fort William
with
Angus Bethune
and others.
He agreed to take charge of the Winnipeg River district of the NWC and travelled there later in the year.
He died at
Fort Bas de la Riviere
on 25 October 1818.
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