One of the many explorers famous his deeds, is Simon Fraser. Simon was born on May 20th 1776 in Maple Town, New York. Simon charted most of what is now British Columbia. One of his more famous achievements is the discovery of the Fraser River, which is located in The Rocky Mountains of British Columbia. Flowing for 2,213 kilometers into Straight Of Georgia in the city of Vancouver. Simon was employed by The North West Company. In 1805 Fraser was put in charge of all the operations occuring in the North West Company west of the Rocky Mountains. Simon was responsible for building the area's first trading post's. In 1818 in appears he retired from fur trade. He married Catherine McDonnell on June 2nd 1820. After retiring he served as the captain of the 1st Regiment of the Stormont Militia during the Rebellions of the 1837. He had 5 sons and 3 daughters, which quickly matured. When he died on August 18 1862 he one of the last surviving partners of the North West Company. The day after Simon died unfortunately his wife did as well. They were buried in a single grave in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at St. Andrews.
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