The fruit of McDougall's explorations would be the construction by Fraser of a post at Stuart Lake, Fort St. James, which would become headquarters of the New Caledonia department of the North West Company (merged in 1821 with the Hudson's Bay Company).
As a result of McDougall's travels, Fraser built a station at Stuart Lake, Fort St. James, which became the main office for the New Caledonia division of the North West Company, later merging with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821.