Alexander Ross (fur trader)
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Alexander Ross, (May 9, 1783 – October 23, 1856), was a fur trader and author who emigrated to Upper Canada, (Ontario), from Scotland in about 1805.
Working for John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, he took part in the founding of Astoria, a fur-trading post in Oregon in 1811. He joined the North West Company in 1813, after it acquired Astoria, and when the North West merged (1821) with the Hudson's Bay Company, he worked for the latter for 4 years. Ross subsequently moved to the Red River Settlement, where he served as sheriff and a member of the council.
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