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• Osnaburgh House 1786
  The establishment of Osnaburgh House by Chief Trader John Best in 1786 continued the Hudson's Bay Company's expansion inland from Fort Albany, some 500 miles to the east on James Bay. The post, designed to counter the activities of the rival North West Company on Lake Nipigon, was situated on Lake St. Joseph about four miles southwest of here. Originally intended as a temporary establishment, its trade in furs proved profitable, and it was maintained...