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Christmas Celebrations

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 2, 2021 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company No Comments

There is one set of Christmas celebrations that I have forgotten to include in my recent Christmas and New Years posts, and that is those of Thomas Lowe, at Fort…

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Merry Christmas

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 19, 2020 Fort Victoria stories, Hudson's Bay Company
Merry Christmas

It is Christmas Day at the end of this week, and for the fun of it I am reporting on as many fur trade Christmases as I can find. We…

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Fort Taku

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 27, 2020 Fort Victoria stories, Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Taku

  Fort Durham, also called Fort Taku, was built by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1840, on what is called Taku Harbour, in Juneau, Alaska. It only stood for three…

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John Charles

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 15, 2020 Deaths and Murders, York Factory Express
John Charles

John Charles led out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay in 1849. He did not make it home again, but was shot and killed at Campement d’Orignal, or Moose…

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Thomas Lowe and the York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 2, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Thomas Lowe and the York Factory Express

Thomas Lowe worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company from 1842 to his retirement in 1849, and he kept journals of his experiences in the Columbia district the entire time he…

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