Simpson on the Churchill
This is the story of Governor Simpson on the Churchill River. In 1820, young George Simpson, the HBC’s governor locum tenans, traveled west and north from Norway House on his…
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In 1843, Augustus Richard Peers made his way north by the Sturgeon-Weir River and the Churchill, to the Ile-a-la-Crosse post on Lac Ile-a-la-Crosse. There he met Roderick McKenzie’s wife and…
Read moreStewart’s Journal
This post is a continuation of James Green Stewart’s Journal, which records his journey northward from Carlton House to the shores of the Arctic Sea. The previous post recorded Stewart’s…
Read moreJames Green Stewart
James Green Stewart kept a journal of his voyage by the Great Fish River to the shores of the Arctic Sea. It is very interesting to see what he wrote,…
Read moreSimpson to Fort Garry
In the last post, we left Governor Simpson heading south and east to Fort Garry. The year is 1825. At the moment, he and his small party of men are…
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