The wreck of the Hojunmaru, 1833-34
In 2002 I was introduced to a story in Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s life that I had not heard before. This introduction came in the form of an email sent to…
Read moreSalish Wool Dog
In 1847, Chief Factors James Douglas and Peter Skene Ogden asked Alexander Caulfield Anderson, then Chief Trader in charge at Fort Alexandria, to make his second exploration between Kamloops and…
Read moreChief William, of William’s Lake
In 1879, Chief William, of the ‘Williams Lake Indians,’ wrote a letter to the editor of the British Daily Colonist newspaper in Victoria, B.C., urging readers to “settle the land…
Read moreLondon Ship to York Factory
I thought I would have nothing more to say of the London ships, but I was wrong. I found, in the B.C. Archives, a delicious journal written by Augustus Richard…
Read moreFrom Fort Langley to Kequeloose, 1848
In 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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