Tsilaxitsa, Okanagan chief
Alexander Caulfield Anderson left Kamloops for the last time (as a fur trader, at least) in 1849 when he led the Fort Colvile brigades out to Fort Langley. He would…
Read moreThe Smell of Furs
One of the most important things I did as I prepared my manuscript of my first book for publication, was that I gave it to four people to read. One…
Read moreThe Old Brigade Trail
In my previous post titled “HBC Transportation Systems: the London Ships,” I mentioned that the outgoing brigades from Fort St. James, Stuart’s Lake, met the incoming London Ships every summer…
Read moreNicolum River & Hope Slide
My sister said to me, “I want to go driving. Where shall we go?” Our mother had died and left us a little money; both of us needed to get…
Read moreAnderson’s 1847 expedition from Kamloops to Fort Langley & return
In 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson set out on his second set of expeditions between the fort at Kamloops, and Fort Langley on the lower Fraser River. He began his journal…
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