Benjamin Frobisher, (b 1742, – d April 14, 1787) was born in England, the son of Joseph Frobisher and Rachel Hargrave and immigrated to Canada about 1763. Two brothers also immigrated to Canada and all three were involved with the fur trade and its expansion into the northwest. The letter B is the second letter of the modern Latin alphabet. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... The letter D is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1770, the three brothers, partnered with Richard Dobie, had a successful fur trading expedition which went up the Saskatchewan River well past Fort Bourbon situated near the mouth of that river. More successful expeditions followed and in in 1779 the Frobishers set up a company that owned two of the sixteen shares in the North West Company established that year. The Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada, approximately 550 km (340 mi) long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to drain into Lake Winnipeg. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Today, the North West Company is a grocery vendor in remote communities across northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland. ...

At the time of Benjamin's death, the northwest was beginning to to be the most important region in the fur trade and a time when the North West Company was on the point of having almost total control of the area's trade.

Sources

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online