Nancy Marguerite Anderson
I am Nancy Marguerite Anderson; an accidental historian writing the stories of the HBC men who worked west of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories! The…
Read moreSturgeon-Weir River
It is time for Governor George Simpson to leave Cumberland House on his journey up the Sturgeon-Weir River to the Churchill. The year is 1820, and Simpson is leading (or…
Read moreThe Pas and Cumberland House
HBC clerk Augustus Peers continues his journey west and north, from Cedar Lake on the Saskatchewan River, to the Pas and Cumberland House, the latter of which stands on Cumberland…
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I am trying to figure out if the story of Pembina is important to Governor Simpson’s visit to Red River in winter 1823-24. I found the story in one of…
Read moreThe Cossack
Who are the Cossacks? This group of warriors originated in the 15th century in Zaporizhzhia, a city in southeast Ukraine formerly known as Aleksandrovsk, or Oleksandrivk. The city was founded…
Read moreSimpson in Russia
So Sir George Simpson and his friend, the mysterious McIntyre, have reached Russia after a long ship journey west from Sitka to Okhotsk, on the shores of the Sea of…
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