Sir George’s Travels
In 1841, the newly-minted Sir George Simpson travelled from England to Canada, and then on to Red River by the traditional route to Ruperts Land. As we know, that route…
Read moreFort Pelly to Fort Garry
This is a continuation of George Traill Allan’s journey from Carlton House to Fort Garry, via Fort Pelly, in summer 1841. Six years earlier, in 1835, James Douglas had taken…
Read moreThe Missionaries
The HBC men had been settled at Fort Vancouver, on the banks of the Columbia River, for decades before the first of the Missionaries came west to establish permanent settlements…
Read moreSpintlum
Spintlum was an important First Nations chief from the place the HBC men called Thlikum-cheen, where the Thompson River flowed into the muddy Fraser. Today, the town of Lytton sits…
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…
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