Fort Assiniboine to Edmonton House via York Factory Express
I ended my last York Factory Express journal with John Charles’ journey from Jasper’s House to Fort Assiniboine, on the Athabasca River, in 1849. He had a long and difficult…
Read moreLieutenant-Colonel Alexander Seton
Alexander Seton, after whom British Columbia’s Seton Lake was named, was born in 1814 at Tottenham, Middlesex. He was the eldest surviving son of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s uncle, Alexander Anderson…
Read morePotlatch
As Alexander Caulfield Anderson made his way along the north shores of the lakes later named Seton and Anderson Lakes, he wrote of the Natives’ welcoming ceremonies. The day before…
Read moreFort Nisqually Stories
A year or two ago I was invited to speak to the Anderson Island Historical Society — Anderson is the name of the island off the old location of Fort…
Read moreAnderson’s 1846 exploration of the Lillooet River
In 1846, Alexander Caulfield Anderson set out on an expedition that took him from Kamloops to Fort Langley, in search of a new brigade trail to the Coast. He and…
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