George Traill Allan
In 1841, George Traill Allan took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay, ten years after he had come into the territory in the 1831 Columbia Express. He is…
Read moreYork Factory Express: Carlton House to Fort Pitt
Between Carlton House and Fort Pitt, the gentlemen in the incoming York Factory Express always hunted for bison on the prairies between the two forts. George Traill Allan passed through…
Read moreJames Birnie, 1828-1836
James Birnie had joined the free wheeling North West Company in 1818, and when in 1821 it merged with the Hudson’s Bay Company under the latter’s name, he came with…
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