Simpson in Russia
So Sir George Simpson and his friend, the mysterious McIntyre, have reached Russia after a long ship journey west from Sitka to Okhotsk, on the shores of the Sea of…
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So, this is a continuation of the last post, that is https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/mysterious-mcintyre/ It sure would be fun to crack this mystery and figure out who the man was who accompanied…
Read moreMysterious McIntyre
Who is the mysterious McIntyre who turns up in Sir George Simpson’s book, An Overland Journey Round the World? Whoever it is, it seems he travelled with Simpson on the…
Read moreSimpson to Cumberland House
In August 1820, Governor locum tenans George Simpson had come upriver in canoes, from Rock Depot to Norway House, where the men of the Athabasca Brigades would load the remainder…
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I have been chasing a story–the story of the Salmon Chief. I found a beginning to this story in a manuscript I am reading for another author. Well, that’s not…
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