Up the Columbia River
In August 1849, clerk Thomas Lowe journeyed up the Columbia River as far as Fort Nez Percés, following the same river route that the York Factory Express had travelled in…
Read morePaul Kane on the Columbia River
In this post on Paul Kane’s journey to the Pacific Slopes (otherwise known as the west side of the Rocky Mountains), we are leaving Boat Encampment and making our way…
Read moreBattle at Fort McLoughlin
We ended the last post in this series with the realization that instantly, and without warning, the HBC’s northwest coast post of Fort McLoughlin, on Milbank Sound, was under attack…
Read moreThomas Lowe at the Sandwich Islands
In this post of the series on Thomas Lowe’s journey in the London Ship, Vancouver, he will reach the Sandwich Islands [Hawaii]. Or at least I hope he will. Let’s…
Read morePublication of “The York Factory Express”
A simple announcement: The publication of The York Factory Express has been delayed for six months or so, but it is now being completed, as the person who is doing…
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