The Pas and Cumberland House
HBC clerk Augustus Peers continues his journey west and north, from Cedar Lake on the Saskatchewan River, to the Pas and Cumberland House, the latter of which stands on Cumberland…
Read moreFort Pelly to Fort Garry
This is a continuation of George Traill Allan’s journey from Carlton House to Fort Garry, via Fort Pelly, in summer 1841. Six years earlier, in 1835, James Douglas had taken…
Read moreSimpson at Fort Nisqually
So we are having some fun following Sir George Simpson on his 1841 journey to Fort Nisqually and on to the northwest coast. All this started when I found a…
Read moreMore on the York Factory River
As we already know, Dr. John Birkbeck Nevins travelled up the York Factory River (the lower Hayes) with a gentleman who was heading to his Saskatchewan River post. Here is…
Read moreConnecting Stories
Sometimes, quite by accident, a writer is able to connect one story to another in ways that makes two little stories into a bigger story that is much more important.…
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