Priest’s Camp
In my first blogpost in this series re: my Canada Council Grant, I told the story of how three Trail historians (Brigade Trail, Oregon Trail, Mullan Road, and more) explored…
Read moreCanada Council Grant Jaunt
A Canada Council Grant can be a very important tool in an artist’s toolkit, and so let me tell you what it is and what I did with my…
Read moreBridge River
I find that, entirely by accident, two threads (stories) I am telling merge at the same place: at what the HBC men called Bridge River! But, as you can see…
Read moreThe Road Crew
I sometimes work with a researcher who does not listen, and it becomes very difficult to have to explain, once again, that the information he/she is presenting me is…
Read moreBrigade Journey North, from the Similkameen Forks
The junction of the Similkameen River with the Okanogan was, from the early days of the HBC in the Canadian Okanagan, known as the Similkameen Forks. In later years, Anderson…
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