The York Factory Express
My new portrait, or one of them, for my upcoming book, The York Factory Express, which will actually be coming out in October, and not in May as previously reported.…
Read moreRobert Campbell’s “London Ships” Story
My father was a sheep-farmer in Perthshire, Scotland. I was born on the 21st February 1808, and received my education partly in my native Glen, and partly at Perth. My…
Read moreA Winter Encampment
So let’s continue this young clerk’s journey by dogsled, from the banks of the Pennygataway River where we have left him. He begins his story again, with instructions on how…
Read moreShoes, again.
I wrote about ‘shoes in the fur trade’ quite a while ago, when I discovered that there actually were some. But the question was, why were shoes not imported to…
Read moreDogsled Journey to Norway House
Well, I am working on so many projects at the same time that I am getting lost in my office, and so it is time to tell you a funny…
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