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Rupert House, village, W Que., Canada, on the Rupert River east of its mouth on James Bay. It was founded in 1668 as Charles Fort by the trader des Groseilliers Groseilliers, Médard Chouart, sieur des , 1618?–c.1690, French trader and explorer in North America. He was the brother-in-law of Pierre Esprit Radisson and his companion in his great journeys.
..... Click the link for more information. , whose success there led to the incorporation of the Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Bay Company, corporation chartered (1670) by Charles II of England for the purpose of trade and settlement in the Hudson Bay region of North America and for exploration toward the discovery of the Northwest Passage to Asia.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1670. Later called Fort Rupert, Rupert's House, Rupert House, or Rupert's River, the post was captured by the French in 1686 and alternately held by the French and British until the Peace of Utrecht Utrecht, Peace of, series of treaties that concluded the War of the Spanish Succession. It put an end to French expansion and signaled the rise of the British Empire. By the treaty between England and France (Apr.
..... Click the link for more information. (1713) restored it permanently to the Hudson's Bay Company. The Rupert House store was the Hudson's Bay Company's oldest trading post. The store was sold in 1987, along with the rest of the Hudson's Bay Company's Northern Stores division. The village is now known by its Cree name, Waskaganish.

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Born in Rupert House, now Waskaganish, in 1949, Diamond was on a path to greatness from very early in his life.

Cree man lead people through the flood waters by Tombs, Deirdre / Wind Speaker

In Diamond's case, some of the doors have been opened on Bay Street, Ontario Hydro and the Japanese industrial giant Yamaha, which is involved in a joint venture for the construction of fibreglass boats in his home community of Rupert House, Que.

'Find your niche,' says Diamond by Bickford, Paul / Northern Ontario Business