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Building Fort McLoughlin

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 17, 2021 Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, Hudson's Bay Company No Comments
Building Fort McLoughlin

And so the Hudson’s Bay Company men have arrived in McLoughlin Bay, in what the HBC men on the coast called Milbanke Sound, on the North West Coast. They have…

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Thomas Lowe sails north

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 10, 2021 HBC Transportation Systems, London Ship No Comments
Thomas Lowe sails north

The ship Vancouver, in which Thomas Lowe is sailing, has now reached the Pacific Ocean and is heading north toward Fort Vancouver, where he expects to begin his employment in…

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Athabasca Pass

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 3, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express No Comments
Athabasca Pass

In 1826, Aemilius Simpson came west with the incoming York Factory Express: otherwise called the Columbia Express for its destination on the Columbia River. This was his first time across…

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Paul Kane’s “Big Hill”

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 27, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express 4 Comments
Paul Kane’s “Big Hill”

So in 1846, Paul Kane and the few remaining men of the incoming York Factory Express spent their night trying to keep warm at their encampment on the shores of…

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Fort McLoughlin

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 20, 2021 Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, Hudson's Bay Company
Fort McLoughlin

Fort McLoughlin was a Hudson’s Bay Company post, built on what the HBC men called “Milbanke Sound,” on the Northwest Coast, in 1833. Alexander Caulfield Anderson had only just arrived…

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  • Building Fort McLoughlin April 17, 2021
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  • Athabasca Pass April 3, 2021
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