George Cartwright (trader)

"Captain Cartwright Visiting his Fox Traps." T. Medland's 1792 engraving of W. Hilton's ca. 1791 colour oil painting.[1]

George Cartwright (12 February 1739/40 – 19 May 1819) was an English army officer and a trader and explorer in Newfoundland and Labrador. His name is borne by Cartwright, a settlement at the entrance to Sandwich Bay.

  1. ^ Stopp, Marianne (2009). The New Labrador Papers of Captain George Cartwright. Montreal and Kingston: MQUP. pp. Frontispiece, x.

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