Jaco Finlay

Jacques Raphal Finlay , commonly known as Jaco or Jacco , was an early Canadian fur trader, scout, and explorer associated with the North West Company. He built Spokane House and Kootanae House, two key furtrading posts of the era, and helped David Thompson cross the Continental Divide and discover the Columbia River.

Finlay was born in 1768 on the south bank of the Saskatchewan River. His mother came from the Chippewa tribe of Native Americans, but never married his father, James Finlay, a North West Company trader who had a family in Montreal.

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