James Douglas and the Harrison-Lillooet Trail
So we have brought Alexander Caulfield Anderson all the way to Fort Langley, via what later came to be known as the Harrison-Lillooet trail. What happened next? Well, nothing —…
Read moreBeaver
So today I am going to write about the Beaver. Why? Because I now have two fur traders who are describing this animal to their London readers. Future London readers,…
Read moreA Childhood at Fort Alexandria, Fraser River
Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s children grew up at Fort Alexandria, on the Upper Fraser River, where they had dozens of people who looked after them. James Robert Anderson was born at…
Read moreA Stroll over the Portage La Loche
In 1843, young Augustus Peers made his way with Alexis Bonamie dit L’Esperance’s Athabasca boats to Portage La Loche, where he would spend some time at Fort Simpson, McKenzie District.…
Read moreWeather on the Lower Fraser River
I wrote this blogpost a few years ago, when there was extreme cold everywhere! The same seems to be happening again, particularly on the east side of the Rocky…
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