Exploring Fraser’s River
James McMillan, John Work, and Francis Annance, and all the other men in this 1824 expedition, have reached the banks of Fraser’s River. The date on which they arrived was…
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In 1824, the HBC men from Fort George [Astoria] have made their way up Puget Sound, on their way to the mouth of the Fraser River. But instead of paddling…
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In late 1824, a group of HBC men made a boat journey from Fort George [Astoria] to the Fraser River, via the Nicomekl River, a stream that seems to run…
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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,…
Read moreAnderson on Montreal Island
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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