Mysterious McIntyre
Who is the mysterious McIntyre who turns up in Sir George Simpson’s book, An Overland Journey Round the World? Whoever it is, it seems he travelled with Simpson on the…
Read moreRapid River to Cedar Lake
Rapid River was the name of the short piece of the Saskatchewan River, that extends westward from the horseshoe bay at the mouth of the river, on Lake Winnipeg, to…
Read moreSimpson to Cumberland House
In August 1820, Governor locum tenans George Simpson had come upriver in canoes, from Rock Depot to Norway House, where the men of the Athabasca Brigades would load the remainder…
Read moreSalmon Chief
I have been chasing a story–the story of the Salmon Chief. I found a beginning to this story in a manuscript I am reading for another author. Well, that’s not…
Read moreSir George’s Travels
In 1841, the newly-minted Sir George Simpson travelled from England to Canada, and then on to Red River by the traditional route to Ruperts Land. As we know, that route…
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