A tribute to Henry Cook, the trapper who had the trapline at Cook Lake, where Nickel was discovered in northern Manitoba

There were three trappers with traplines in the vicinity of Thompson when the nickel discoverey was first made. One of these was Henry Cook, after whom Cook Lake was named. It was at Cook lake (later renamed Thompson Lake) that the major high grade nickel was made in February 1956.

While I was in Thompson, a number of people told me of Henry Cook. He helped with the exploration. He worked for INCO and later for the provincial government. People had a lot of good things to say about him.

The bottom photo shows Henry Cook trapping with his son. The top photo shows Annabelle Cook, daughter of Henry Cook together with her husband Laurence and two children, and Annabelle's brother Jason Cook outside the Heritage Museum in Thompson as they pose with Tina Keeper and myself.