Paul 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 moreThe Back River
In this blogpost I am continuing the story of the journey that James Anderson and James Green Stewart made to the Arctic Ocean in summer 1855. James Anderson was Chief…
Read moreDescending the Columbia River
I thought that for this series on the Columbia River, I might be able to access and read Samuel Black’s journal of his descent of the river in 1825. He…
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