Fort Victoria’s Frenchtown
The fact that Fort Victoria had a Frenchtown of sorts was a surprise to me — even more so when I realized that I had resided on this property. True,…
Read moreBeaver at the Equator
The Steamer Beaver, and its accompanying ship the Columbia, sailed over the Equator for the second time on this journey: this time from the south to the northern hemisphere. It…
Read moreLog of the Steamship Beaver, 1835
The steamship Beaver left the London docks on August 27, 1835, and reached Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River, on April 10, 1836. The log itself has been lost in…
Read moreMcLoughlin’s letters 1844-45
In writing my blogpost of last week (that is, Thomas Lowe’s journal), I have become aware that I am missing John McLoughlin’s letters for the same period, and it 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 more