Duelling Historians

This post is a continuation of the series I began a while ago: Fort St. James, as taken from Jamie Morton’s manuscript, “A Century of Fur Trade on Stuart Lake,”…
Read moreThis post is a continuation of the series I began a while ago: Fort St. James, as taken from Jamie Morton’s manuscript, “A Century of Fur Trade on Stuart Lake,”…
Read moreSo, in 1846, James Birnie retired, a disappointed man, after 28 years of working in the fur trade of the North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company. How did…
Read moreAlexander Caulfield Anderson’s father in law was James Birnie. He is my great-great-grandfather, and this is his story. I will post this in many parts, because I know a lot about…
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