Log of the Steamer Beaver 3
As we read the steamer Beaver’s Log, we reach the point where the first measurement of Longitude is indicated. Clearly the two ships are still somewhere around the English Channel,…
Read moreLog of the Steamer Beaver 2
This is the continuation of the Log of the Steamer Beaver, a steamship that came from the London Docks on the Thames River to Fort Vancouver, under sail, in 1835…
Read moreLog of the Steamship Beaver, 1835
The steamship Beaver left the London docks on August 27, 1835, and reached Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River, on April 10, 1836. The log itself has been lost in…
Read moreThomas Lowe, 1844
Thomas Lowe kept a series of journals of his time at Fort Vancouver, and they contain a great deal of information about the running of that Pacific Coast headquarters. In…
Read moreShipping at Fort Vancouver
It is time to write a little more about Thomas Lowe’s experiences at Fort Vancouver, and so we will now do it. We have just come through the Fort Vancouver…
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