French River
I have always been told that the French River is one of the most beautiful rivers the voyageurs travelled on their way to the interior. It was part of the…
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In this post we continue our journey up the Grand, or Ottawa River, following in the footsteps of the voyageurs and gentlemen of the North West Company, and, after 1821,…
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The historic Ottawa River was often called le Grand River — the “Big River” — by the first voyageurs who travelled up and down its length. And it was a…
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The work of building the new Fort Simpson continued, with clerk James Birnie keeping the post journal and taking overall charge of building the new post on the northwest coast,…
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The year is 1855, and James Anderson and his party of men, which includes James Green Stewart, have paddled down the Back, or Great Fish River. On August 1 they…
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