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The HBC Brigades, and Requirements for the Brigade Trails

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 31, 2014 Brigade Trails, Explorations
The HBC Brigades, and Requirements for the Brigade Trails

In 1846 and 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson explored four routes across the mountains that separated the HBC fort at Kamloops, from Fort Langley on the lower Fraser River. In 1848 and…

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Anderson’s 1846 exploration of the Lillooet River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 20, 2014 "The HBC Brigades", Explorations
Anderson’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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Anderson and Seton Lakes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 12, 2014 "The HBC Brigades", Explorations
Anderson and Seton Lakes

The outgoing New Caledonia brigade left Fort Alexandria on May 2, 1846. This year, clerk Alexander Caulfield Anderson traveled out with them. From Kamloops, Anderson planned to explore for a…

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Pahallak, of the Sto:lo

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 29, 2014 Explorations, Natives in the Fur Trade
Pahallak, of the Sto:lo

I have learned a lot about Pahallak, chief of one of the Sto:lo tribes along the Fraser River, since I first wrote (inaccurately) about him in my book, The Pathfinder. It…

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Rhododendron Flats

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 8, 2014 "The HBC Brigades", Explorations
Rhododendron Flats

In 1846, Alexander Caulfield Anderson made two explorations across the mountains that separated Kamloops from Fort Langley. In his first expedition, he and his men followed the shores of Seton…

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