Betsy Birnie
Betsy was the eldest daughter of James and Charlot Birnie, born in 1822 at the North West Company’s Spokane House. She was a toddler at Fort Okanogan. When she was…
Read moreThomas 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…
Read moreYork Boats
When the men, who travelled in the outgoing York Factory Express from Fort Vancouver, reached Edmonton House, they were absorbed into the Saskatchewan brigades that carried their packs of furs…
Read moreHarrison-Lillooet Trail
I am starting a new thread here, telling the story of the Harrison-Lillooet trail from 1846, to 1859 or so. I collected a ton of information on this interesting trail…
Read moreThe New Caledonia brigades head up the Nechako River
So, in 1826 Chief Factor William Connolly and his brigades paddled by the temporarily closed Fort George [Prince George], heading upriver to Fort James. In 1831, Peter Warren Dease stopped…
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