Freshwater Passages: The Trade and Travels of Peter Pond

This biography of Peter Pond provides a detailed and nuanced portrait of the influential fur trader, explorer, and mapmaker who navigated 18th-century North America's vast wilderness. Drawing on a wide array of sources, David Chapin explores Pond’s extensive career, his interactions with Native cultures, and his role in shaping early maps of western Canada, challenging previous negative characterizations and revealing a complex, ambitious individual within a turbulent historical context.