The Outgoing Brigade at Fort St. James
In March 1843, clerk Alexander Caulfield Anderson came north to Fort St. James to take the place of Peter Skene Ogden who had traveled out with the express party to…
Read moreYork Factory Express: Edmonton House to Carlton House
This post tells the story of a journey from Edmonton House to Carlton House, on the North Saskatchewan River. It is part of my York Factory Express series. You can…
Read moreThe mighty Thompson River
On the morning of May 19, 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson set out on his third exploration across — or around — the mountains that lay between Kamloops and Fort Langley…
Read more“Smess,” or Sumas Prairie
This is part of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s 1867 map of the Colony of British Columbia (CM/F9, BCA), that shows the section of Fraser’s River from its mouth to Fort Langley,…
Read moreOutgoing Brigade, Fort George to Fort Alexandria
In this post I am now telling the story of the annual brigade journey from Fort George to Fort Alexandria, on the Fraser River north of modern-day Williams Lake, B.C.…
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