The portage from Lapierre House to Peel’s River post
In 1851, the Yukon Boat had come up the Porcupine River to pick up the goods which had been delivered to Lapierre Post over the previous winter. Of course the…
Read moreRobert Campbell’s “London Ships” Story
My father was a sheep-farmer in Perthshire, Scotland. I was born on the 21st February 1808, and received my education partly in my native Glen, and partly at Perth. My…
Read moreSaskatchewan Horses
Did you know that the HBC men west of the Rocky Mountains imported horses from the Saskatchewan district to increase the number of horses in their own district? They did…
Read moreTwo Canoes: To Athabasca Pass
In the eighteenth post in the Two Canoes series, at https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-eighteen/ John Work and Peter Skene Ogden traveled through Jasper Valley to the Grande Traverse on the Whirlpool River, where…
Read moreTwo Canoes: the Athabasca River
What shall I write about today? A question often asked, and almost always answered. Lets do John Work’s journal, as he travels up the Athabasca River west of newly constructed…
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