John Tod and me
No, I am not running off with John Tod of Kamloops: I am just telling you that there will be no blogpost this day, partly because I am so exhausted…
Read moreHBC Ships in the Pacific
I have accidentally discovered that some of the HBC ships that ran up and down the Pacific Coast were larger than I expected them to be! As you see in…
Read moreOld Fort Simpson
The work of building the new Fort Simpson continued, with clerk James Birnie keeping the post journal and taking overall charge of building the new post on the northwest coast,…
Read moreOttawa River
The rapids-filled Ottawa River led the North West Company voyageurs, and the later HBC Lachine Brigades, northward from the Lake of the Two Mountains to the mouth of the Mattawa…
Read moreJohn McLoughlin in 1842
This blog post is a continuation of https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/john-mcloughlin/ which post addressed what happened to Chief Factor John McLoughlin, of Fort Vancouver, in 1841. You will remember that we ended that…
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