Connecting Stories
The American distributor for Ronsdale Press Books is Independent Publishers Group. Both The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, and The York Factory Express: Fort…
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This is the second instalment of my blogpost of last week, and I am still telling the stories of the women who travelled in the York Factory Express boats and…
Read morePaul Kane goes Home
So, in a continuation of this series, in Fall 1847, the artist Paul Kane has crossed the Rocky Mountains and made his way to the little post of Jasper’s House,…
Read morePaul Kane’s Rocky Mountains
In late 1847, the artist, Paul Kane begins his hike across the Rocky Mountains from Boat Encampment to Edmonton House. This is not the time of year I would enjoy…
Read moreWarre and Vavasour
Captain Henry James Warre, a British officer, and Lieutenant Mervin Vavasour, of the Royal Engineers, visited Forts Vancouver and Victoria in 1845 and 1846. Both Warre and Vavasour presented themselves…
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