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…
Read morePahallak, 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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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…
Read moreNicolum River & Hope Slide
My sister said to me, “I want to go driving. Where shall we go?” Our mother had died and left us a little money; both of us needed to get…
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