Anderson’s Tree
In 1846, the British and American governments negotiated the placement of the new Boundary line through Hudson’s Bay Company lands west of the Rocky Mountains. The HBC’s governor, George Simpson,…
Read moreThe Outgoing Brigade at Fort St. James
In March 1843, clerk Alexander Caulfield Anderson came north to Fort St. James to take the place of Peter Skene Ogden who had traveled out with the express party to…
Read moreThe mighty Thompson River
On the morning of May 19, 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson set out on his third exploration across — or around — the mountains that lay between Kamloops and Fort Langley…
Read moreThe HBC Brigades, and Requirements for the Brigade Trails
In 1846 and 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson explored four routes across the mountains that separated the HBC fort at Kamloops, from Fort Langley on the lower Fraser River. In 1848 and…
Read moreFort Nisqually Stories
A year or two ago I was invited to speak to the Anderson Island Historical Society — Anderson is the name of the island off the old location of Fort…
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