Donald Manson’s Retirement
Donald Manson was born in 1800, in Scotland, and worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company until 1857, when he retired. This is what Bruce Watson says of him in his…
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In this April 1856 letter to Angus McDonald of Fort Colvile, James Douglas described the HBC buildings that were to be erected at the new Fort Shepherd, on the Columbia…
Read moreGeorge Stewart Simpson, son of Governor George Simpson
When my book was published in November 2011, I was also in the throes of writing a talk to be given in front of the Victoria Historical Society. In order…
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