Governor Simpson to Edmonton House
On Sunday, April 24, 1825, Governor George Simpson and his party have made it across Athabasca Pass, on their journey out of the territory West of the Rocky Mountains. In…
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Governor Simpson has just reached Fort Assiniboine in his journey west from York Factory in 1824. In his journal of a year earlier, clerk John Work described this post, which…
Read moreLeaving the Columbia
I find Sir George Simpson’s book, An Overland Journey Round the World, an interesting read, partly because of what he says of the reasons he made the plans for the…
Read moreFort Durham to Sitka & beyond
“At two in the afternoon,” Sir George Simpson said, “we reached Taco, an establishment conducted by Dr. [John Frederick] Kennedy, with an assistant and twenty-two men. Here the little harbour…
Read moreSimpson on the Beaver
“At noon on Monday, the 6th of September, we embarked on board of the Beaver steamer, Captain McNeill, leaving Mr. Hopkins in temporary charge of Nisqually along with Mr. Heath.…
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