Thomas Lowe: the London Ship
In our last Thomas Lowe blogpost, we ran with his account of the 1844 Fort Vancouver fire. This was not the only time that a fire threatened Fort Vancouver: there…
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…
Read moreHenry James Warre
Captain Henry James Warre (1819-1898) was a British officer who, with a Royal Engineer Lieutenant named Mervin Vavasour, visited Forts Vancouver and Victoria in 1845 and 1846. As we know…
Read morePaul Kane at Boat Encampment
This blogpost is a continuation of the Paul Kane thread, wherein he is travelling out of the territory West of the Rocky Mountains with the Fall Express. The year is…
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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