Fort Assiniboine
Fort Assiniboine was one of many posts along the Athabasca River west of the mouth of the Clearwater River, although most posts on the river were located in the Jasper…
Read moreThomas Lowe sails the Southern Atlantic
Thomas Lowe has survived the traditional shaving that results from crossing the equator on a sailing vessel in 1841, and now has the rounding of Cape Horn, at the southern…
Read moreThomas Lowe at Sea
Thomas Lowe joined the fur trade of the Hudson’s Bay Company from Scotland in 1841, and set off on his journey to Fort Vancouver, near the mouth of the Columbia…
Read more1858 Brigade Trails
It is interesting to see how the packers who followed the HBC trails into the upper district travelled up and down what they called “the Old Brigade Trail” to…
Read moreCumberland House
There is little mention of the York Factory Express and Saskatchewan Brigades passing through Cumberland House in the post journals in the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives. Nevertheless, there is lots…
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