Born in 1953, author of a useful summary of mostly little-known fur traders of the Yukon and northern British Columbia:

Karamanski, Theodore. Fur Trade and Exploration: Opening the Far Northwest, 1821-1852 (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983).

[BCBW 2005] "Forts and Fur"

Review of the author's work by BC Studies:
Fur Trade and Exploration: Opening the Far Northwest, 1821-1852