Indian Reserve Commission on Burrard Inlet
In 1876, the newly appointed Indian Reserve Commissioners moved on from the Musqueam villages, at the mouth of the Fraser, to Burrard Inlet, north of modern day Vancouver. Alexander Caulfield…
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So today I am going to write about the Beaver. Why? Because I now have two fur traders who are describing this animal to their London readers. Future London readers,…
Read moreAnderson Lake to Lillooet Lake
In this post we continue with the story of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s expedition from the Kamloops post to Fort Langley in 1846. This is the first of the four “explorations”…
Read moreJoseph and Josephine Rondeau
I get asked a lot of questions, for the most part because people think I know everything about the Hudson’s Bay Company. I do not, although I have a lot…
Read moreFrom the Upper Fountain to Seton Lake
In my last post in this series we left Alexander Caulfield Anderson with his party at the Upper Fountain, on his way to Fort Langley to open a new trail…
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