Two Canoes: John Work comes down the Columbia River

So in the last John Work journal, he and Peter Skene Ogden had reached Boat Encampment, having come down the Big Hill from Athabasca Pass. The year is 1823 —…
Read moreSo in the last John Work journal, he and Peter Skene Ogden had reached Boat Encampment, having come down the Big Hill from Athabasca Pass. The year is 1823 —…
Read moreThe HBC’s “Rupertsland” was a land of winter, and for the HBC men snow-shoes were essential. At some point in their lives, every man who worked for the HBC (and…
Read moreMy so-far unpublished manuscript, “The York Factory Express,” tells the stories of the York Factory Express, and of the Saskatchewan brigades. These stories are told in the words of…
Read moreI am amused. Someone-out-there appears to be anxious for me to continue with the York Factory Express thread, and they “searched,” in such a way that their secret request appeared…
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