New Caledonia brigade moves north from Round Lake
In this fifteenth leg of the New Caledonia Brigades’ journeys by the Old Brigade Trail to Fort Vancouver and return, I will bring the brigades north from Round Lake, which…
Read moreBrigade Journey North of the Lone Tree
The Lone Tree was a major landmark on the shores of Okanagan Lake north of Prairie de Nicholas, and a place where these men might have camped. The Lone Tree…
Read moreBrigade Journey North, from the Similkameen Forks
The junction of the Similkameen River with the Okanogan was, from the early days of the HBC in the Canadian Okanagan, known as the Similkameen Forks. In later years, Anderson…
Read moreTo Fort Nez Perces (Walla Walla)
I see I have forgotten to include the two journals that cover the short section of the Columbia River east of the Cascades, to Fort Nez Perces. It is time…
Read moreNorth of Fort Okanogan
At Fort Okanogan the members of the incoming brigades left the boats and continued their journey on horseback, up the Okanogan River toward Okanagan Lake and Kamloops. You will notice…
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