1780-1861+Isobel+Gunn

= Isobel Gunn =

__ WHO __

 * The daughter of John Scarth, a HBC employee who had travelled with Isobel Gunn from Scotland on the same ship.
 * The first known European woman to enter Rupert's Land (now known as several Canadian provinces and territories), which belongs to the Hudson's Bay Company.
 * Though Isobel Gunn's time in Rupert's Land was brief, it was certainly dramatic. To cross the Atlantic, take a man's job, and hide on'e identity.
 * Though she remains an anecdote in Canadian history, Isobel Gunn's spirit and strength remain as an example to all women who would seek adventure.

__WHAT__ __WHEN__ __WHERE__ __WHY__
 * Isobel dressed up as a man, took the name John Fubbister, and headed off to the wilds of Rupert's Land to work for the HBC, because at the time, HBC policy forbade the employment of woman.
 * Isobel earned more money than any woman could have as a cook or servant.
 * On December 29, "John Fubbister" complained of illness and was taken to the home of Alexander Henry, chief of the Pembina outpost. She revealed herself to be a woman- and in labour to boot.
 * Isobel gave birth to a healthy son, James. John Scarth is the father.
 * After her exposure as a woman, Gunn was sent to an HBC fort at Fort Albany, Ontario, and banned from her previous work. Now using the name Mary Fubbister, she was emplyed as a washerwoman for a brief period. Due to company policy forbidding the white woman at posts, however, she was unwillingly sent back to Scotland along with her son in 1809.
 * It is unknown exactly why events transpired as they did, but Isobel travelled to Rupert's Land in the summer of 1806.
 * In 1807, Isobel Gunn travelled with a provisions brigade.
 * On December 29, she revealed that she is a woman
 * Moved back to Scotland along with her son in 1809
 * In 1807, Isobel Gunn travelled with a provisions brigade from Martin Falls, Ontario to an outpost at what is now Pembina, North Dakota (almost 3000 km)
 * It is unknown exactly why events transpired as they did, but Isobel travelled to Rupert's land in the summer of 1806.

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