James Birnie Retires
James Birnie was a big man; a broad-shouldered and deep-chested man who stood six feet tall, according to Irene Martin, who wrote the book Beach of Heaven. He spoke in…
Read moreSaskatchewan River
As the York Factory Express men rushed down the flooding Saskatchewan River in their boats and canoes, they passed historic posts almost without noticing them. On their way upriver, they…
Read moreHBRS Volumes
I am on Twitter, and all over this app we see people helping people with research. It is a generous community, if you are following the right people — and…
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Many of the images I used in my book, The York Factory Express, came from the Revillon Frères Collection at Glenbow Archives. So who were the Revillon Frères? Revillon Frères…
Read moreFinan McDonald’s letters
I am browsing through some of my old records, and I stumbled on some research which will be of interest to many besides me. This research was done many years…
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