West Coast Christmas
Even in the early days on the west coast of North America, the HBC men celebrated Christmas in much the same way as they had done at home, that is,…
Read moreShipping at Fort Vancouver
It is time to write a little more about Thomas Lowe’s experiences at Fort Vancouver, and so we will now do it. We have just come through the Fort Vancouver…
Read moreFort Durham rises
And so, in this blogpost, the HBC men under Chief Factor James Douglas have finally found a good location for Fort Durham, which would become the northernmost HBC post on…
Read moreFort Durham
I am putting this Fort Durham series in front of a few histories that came earlier (ie. Fort Simpson, and the Stikine River story), because Thomas Lowe is approaching the…
Read moreThomas Lowe at Sea
Thomas Lowe joined the fur trade of the Hudson’s Bay Company from Scotland in 1841, and set off on his journey to Fort Vancouver, near the mouth of the Columbia…
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