Peter Skene Ogden
Peter Skene Ogden is the next gentleman to be placed in charge of Fort St. James, New Caledonia. He arrived at the post in 1835, but there is not a…
Read moreFort Wedderburn
In 1820, locum tenans Governor George Simpson reaches Fort Wedderburn, after a long and difficult journey North with the HBC’s Athabasca Brigades. The date is September 20. On the evening…
Read moreFort Simpson Winter
The year is 1843: winter is approaching, and clerk Augustus Richard Peers has just arrived at Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River. Fort Simpson was the headquarters for all the…
Read moreStewart’s Journal 3
It is time to pick up James Green Stewart’s journal once more, and to follow what he has to say of the shared expedition North to the shores of the…
Read moreFort Garry
You all know that in my last post I made a mistake when I identified the two Fort Garry’s incorrectly. I live on the West Coast of Canada and now…
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