Sir George’s Travels
In 1841, the newly-minted Sir George Simpson travelled from England to Canada, and then on to Red River by the traditional route to Ruperts Land. As we know, that route…
Read moreSimpson to Qu’Appelle
Well, we finally got Simpson on the road from Carlton House to Red River. In the last post we finished with his quote on Friday May 13, 1825: “Started at…
Read moreSimpson to Athabasca Pass
We return, once more, to Governor George Simpson’s journey out of the Columbia District in 1825. There are some very interesting things that happened on this journey to Red River,…
Read moreLeaving the Columbia
I find Sir George Simpson’s book, An Overland Journey Round the World, an interesting read, partly because of what he says of the reasons he made the plans for the…
Read moreTwo Seized Ships
In late November or December of 1851, the HBC suffered from having two more ships seized by the American customs agents, as I told you in my last post, found…
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