Finan McDonald
Finan McDonald was one of David Thompson’s men, but unlike most of his men he also worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company as a clerk at Spokane House, and later…
Read moreWilliam Sinclair Jr.
William Sinclair Jr was one of the most interesting men to work west of the Rocky Mountains, but it took me a long time to put his story together —…
Read moreFort McLoughlin’s End
The end of Fort McLoughlin’s reign on the northwest Coast has an interesting twist to it, which includes a sad story about a man I have written about in two…
Read moreAnother Step Forward
On April 22, 1840, Chief Trader James Douglas took another step forward, moving toward the eventual building of the HBC’s Fort Victoria in 1843. This blogpost is a continuation of…
Read moreOn the way to Sitka
This post is about Thomas Lowe’s journey north to Sitka, the Russian headquarters on the Northwest Coast, in what is now the Alaska Panhandle. I do have to correct something…
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