Aemilius Simpson was a very interesting young man, and one who kept a concise journal of his voyage across the North American continent, from York Factory to Fort Vancouver, Columbia…
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HBC trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson knew many of today’s historical figures, but not all of them were men to be proud of. One of those was clerk John McIntosh, who…
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My great-great-grandfather was a member of the 1826 York Factory Express journey that crossed the Rocky Mountains from the Columbia River to Hudson Bay and return. I have known this…
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In my research for my next book, I stumbled on a very interesting man whose name was familiar, but about whom I knew little. His name is George McDougall, and…
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I ended my last York Factory Express journal with John Charles’ journey from Jasper’s House to Fort Assiniboine, on the Athabasca River, in 1849. He had a long and difficult…
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