Beaver 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…
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In this post, the Steamer Beaver, and the HBC ship Columbia, are travelling together on a course to the South Atlantic Ocean and beyond. As the transcribed copy of the…
Read moreThomas Lowe Crosses the Equator
In 1841, Thomas Lowe sailed on the HBC ship Vancouver, on his way to the HBC’s Pacific coast headquarters, Fort Vancouver. He did not reach that post — but that…
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