Stewart’s Journal 2
We are continuing with James Green Stewart’s Journal, as he makes his way north to the shores of the Arctic Sea. On Wednesday 30th of May, 1855, Stewart and his…
Read moreSir George to Fort William
So, in this post Sir George Simpson, Governor of the HBC, tumbles down the French River, and will get as far as Fort William, on Lake Superior. The year is…
Read moreSimpson on the Churchill
This is the story of Governor Simpson on the Churchill River. In 1820, young George Simpson, the HBC’s governor locum tenans, traveled west and north from Norway House on his…
Read morePortage La Loche
In 1843, Augustus Richard Peers made his way north by the Sturgeon-Weir River and the Churchill, to the Ile-a-la-Crosse post on Lac Ile-a-la-Crosse. There he met Roderick McKenzie’s wife and…
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This post is a continuation of James Green Stewart’s Journal, which records his journey northward from Carlton House to the shores of the Arctic Sea. The previous post recorded Stewart’s…
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