George Stewart Simpson, son of Governor George Simpson

When my book was published in November 2011, I was also in the throes of writing a talk to be given in front of the Victoria Historical Society. In order…
Read moreWhen my book was published in November 2011, I was also in the throes of writing a talk to be given in front of the Victoria Historical Society. In order…
Read moreJames, son of Alexander Caulfield Anderson, described Henry Newsham Peers — who kept the journal of the incoming 1848 brigade — as a man of “quite a gay temperament, handsome…
Read moreIn 1846 and 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson made two explorations across the mountains that separated the HBC fort at Kamloops, from Fort Langley on the lower Fraser River. Discussions about…
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