Athabasca Pass
In 1826, Aemilius Simpson came west with the incoming York Factory Express: otherwise called the Columbia Express for its destination on the Columbia River. This was his first time across…
Read moreDevil’s Club
You may wonder why I am beginning a post with this subject — wonder no longer. Devil’s Club is a poisonous plant that grows everywhere in the province of B.C.,…
Read moreYork Factory Express: Crossing of the Continental Divide to the West
In this nineteenth leg of the long journey to Hudson Bay and return, I am going to post James Douglas’s 1835 journal. For me it is the most interesting, as…
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