Constructing Fort Victoria
There is actually very little information on the actual work of constructing Fort Victoria, on the southern coast of the HBC’s Vancouver’s Island, and Roderick Finlayson’s journals may give us…
Read moreThe building of Fort Victoria
In summer 1843, Fort Victoria was built on Camosun Harbour or Inlet, on the southern end of Vancouver’s Island. Although it was at first sometimes called Fort Albert, that name…
Read moreJean Baptiste Bolduc at Fort Albert
In 1843, the missionary Jean Baptiste Zacharie Bolduc arrived at the new location of Fort Albert with Chief Factor James Douglas. His story gives us an interesting look at the…
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