Stewart’s Journal 5
In 1855, James Green Stewart is travelling South from Chantrey Inlet with James Anderson, after an eight day visit on the shores of the Arctic Sea. They are hoping…
Read moreFort Garry
You all know that in my last post I made a mistake when I identified the two Fort Garry’s incorrectly. I live on the West Coast of Canada and now…
Read moreSimpson to Norway House
It is time now to bring Governor George Simpson to Norway House and so to close down this journal. At the moment, the Governor is at Fort Garry, which place…
Read moreSimpson to Fort Garry
In the last post, we left Governor Simpson heading south and east to Fort Garry. The year is 1825. At the moment, he and his small party of men are…
Read moreFort Pelly to Fort Garry
This is a continuation of George Traill Allan’s journey from Carlton House to Fort Garry, via Fort Pelly, in summer 1841. Six years earlier, in 1835, James Douglas had taken…
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