Musk Ox
The musk oxen are unusual animals found in the Barren Grounds of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, and almost no where else. Their relationships are interesting: they are closer…
Read moreThomas Lowe Crosses the Equator
In 1841, Thomas Lowe sailed on the HBC ship Vancouver, on his way to the HBC’s Pacific coast headquarters, Fort Vancouver. He did not reach that post — but that…
Read moreJames Anderson’s Journey part 2
So, in our last post in this series (which we are just beginning) I left Chief Trader James Anderson A, making his way up the Mackenzie River from Fort Simpson…
Read moreMétis Bison Hunts
“As some of my readers may not be acquainted with the Red River Settlement I will give a short account of it here,” Augustus Peers wrote in the 1840s, “although…
Read moreWicked River
The Rivière Maligne, otherwise known as the Wicked River, earned its ferocious nick-name over the years. The Maligne was, of course, the Sturgeon-Weir River that led the early free-traders, the…
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