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John A. McDougall and Co.
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Dates of existence
1854-1928
History
John A. McDougall operated a general store in the Edmonton settlement starting in 1879, which specialized in buying and selling furs. In 1896, McDougall co-founded McDougall-Secord Company with Richard Secord. This business advertised itself as "general merchants, wholesale and retail; buyers and exporters of raw furs; dealers in land scrip and north west lands; outfitters for survey parties, traders, trappers, miners and others for the north, and suppliers for country stores until 1907 when they decided to sell.
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EPSAM-0156
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Record created October 19, 2021.
Record revised December 22, 2025.
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- English
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Record created by AE.
Record revised by KM.