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My name is Nancy Marguerite Anderson, and I am the author of the book, The Pathfinder: A. C. Anderson’s Journeys in the West [Victoria, BC: Heritage House Publ, 2011] Anderson’s…
Read morePeter Skene Ogden reports on the California gold rush
Peter Skene Ogden, Chief Factor at Fort Vancouver in 1848, was definitely a character — and his private letters prove that. However, the hard part of reading Ogden’s letters is…
Read moreFur Trade Gold Rush
I wrote this article some time ago and submitted it to a historical magazine, hoping that it would be published in time for the 2015 British Columbia Historical Federation Conference…
Read moreHenry Newsham Peers’ Journal
James, son of Alexander Caulfield Anderson, described Henry Newsham Peers — who kept the journal of the incoming 1848 brigade — as a man of “quite a gay temperament, handsome…
Read moreI was Hit by a Car
I was hit by a car as I crossed Elk Lake Drive on a walk sign, at Royal Oak Exchange, in Victoria, BC, at 6.10 pm on Thursday, February 5,…
Read moreDrowned Horse Lake to North River (Little Fort)
To get from Drowned Horse Lake to the North Thompson River, these fur traders will now have to travel over the rugged Thompson plateau. You can more or less follow…
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