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…
Read moreTwo Canoes: West from Dunvegan
So, in 1828, Governor George Simpson, and his companion Archibald McDonald, have arrived at the important Dunvegan post, on the Peace River. It is almost the end of August, and…
Read moreTwo Canoes: to Dunvegan
In this post we will continue with Governor Simpson’s journey west by the Peace River. In the last post they stopped at Fort Vermilion, “where we found Mr. Paul Fraser…
Read moreJohn Stuart, and the Brigade trails in B.C.
In 1805, the Nor’Westers Paul Fraser, and John Stuart, entered New Caledonia via the Peace River, establishing a post at Trout Lake [McLeod Lake]. Fraser left Jean Baptiste Boucher [Waccan,…
Read moreNative potatoes
A new “Indian Potato” story has piqued my interest. I wrote about Native potatoes a few years ago on my old blog. After reading my post about the Potatoes…
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