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Malhiot, Francois Victoire, 1776-1840
1776-1840
François Victoire Malhiot was born in 1776 in Verchères, Quebec, and died in 1840 in Contrecoeur, Quebec. He was the son of Francois Malhiot and Élisabeth Gamelin. He entered the service of the North West Company as a clerk around 1791. Malhiot was part of the Red River Department from 1796 to 1804. Following this, he was in charge of a post in Lac aux Torches for three years, until he retired from the fur trade in 1807 to settle in Contrecoeur, Lower Canada. The diary he kept during 1804-1805 was published in the Wisconsin Historical Collections.
Revised on June 17, 2024, by Leah Louttit-Bunker