Is it a Brigade Trail?
There are a number of old horse trails around the province of British Columbia — but are they all brigade trails? I don’t know if I can answer this question,…
Read morePolar Bears
Yes, Dave-In-Eden, I CAN tell you some polar bear stories! And these stories are even from York Factory, or the original once-living bear in the story came from there. Augustus…
Read moreMcLoughlin’s letters 1844-45
In writing my blogpost of last week (that is, Thomas Lowe’s journal), I have become aware that I am missing John McLoughlin’s letters for the same period, and it is…
Read moreThomas Lowe, 1845
For Thomas Lowe, it is 1845 — and of course it is time for me to write a Thomas Lowe post. Yet, I discover that most of the information I…
Read moreUSSEX at Nisqually
In 1841, the United States Exploring Expedition, whose name is often shortened to USSEX, is about to arrive at Fort Nisqually, on Puget Sound! He had first attempted to enter…
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