Revillon Frères
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…
Read moreJohn Kirk Townsend
John Kirk Townsend was a naturalist who trekked west to the Columbia River, travelling in with Nathaniel Wyeth’s 1834 expedition. He spent two years in the Columbia district before traveling…
Read moreBirnie and the Missionaries
It seems that James Birnie was the first HBC man to greet the many missionaries who arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River. I have many stories in my…
Read moreThe Destruction of Fort Selkirk
Now, as some of you may remember, I started this journey through the Yukon as a result of finding the Fort Selkirk Journals online. WordPress has made it so irritatingly…
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