Samuel Hearne

Samuel Hearne: CHURCHILL -- Samuel Hearne, English explorer and governor of Fort Prince of Wales in the late 1700s, claimed the beavers he let waddle around the stone fort made better pets than some cats and dogs. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. A view of the interior of Fort Prnce of Wales. Enlarge Image Cannon barrels stored outside fort. Photo Store "I kept several," he wrote in his journal, "... til they became so domesticated as to answer to their names...and follow as a dog would do; and they were as pleased at being fondled as any animal I ever saw." Enlarge Image (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.