My new portrait, or one of them, for my newly-published book, The York Factory Express. You can now pre-order the book through the publisher’s website, at http://www.ronsdalepress.com/york-factory-express-the/ The cover design…
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On June 15, 1843, Thomas Lowe arrived at Fort Vancouver, at the mouth of the Columbia River, after having served both at the northwest coast post of Fort Durham, and…
Read moreThe academic magazine from the University of British Columbia has recently published their Book Review of The York Factory Express, and in many ways it is a very good review.…
Read moreOn July 16, 1834, the HBC’s ship, Dryad, was moved a little closer to where the new Fort Simpson was to be built, and “Disembarked the passengers & baggage &…
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As we know, James Anderson, his clerk James Green Stewart, and their men, are making their way down the Great Fish River to the Arctic Ocean, in search of evidence…
Read moreThis is part of the thread that takes us from Lachine to the Great Lakes, and I discovered two more books on the fur trade, and looked up what they…
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