Peter Skene Ogden
Peter Skene Ogden is the next gentleman to be placed in charge of Fort St. James, New Caledonia. He arrived at the post in 1835, but there is not a…
Read moreFort Wedderburn
In 1820, locum tenans Governor George Simpson reaches Fort Wedderburn, after a long and difficult journey North with the HBC’s Athabasca Brigades. The date is September 20. On the evening…
Read moreStewart’s Journal 2
We are continuing with James Green Stewart’s Journal, as he makes his way north to the shores of the Arctic Sea. On Wednesday 30th of May, 1855, Stewart and his…
Read moreSir George to Fort William
So, in this post Sir George Simpson, Governor of the HBC, tumbles down the French River, and will get as far as Fort William, on Lake Superior. The year is…
Read moreSimpson on the Churchill
This is the story of Governor Simpson on the Churchill River. In 1820, young George Simpson, the HBC’s governor locum tenans, traveled west and north from Norway House on his…
Read more