Ramparts of the Mackenzie River
So in July 1851, Robert Campbell reached the Peel’s River Post and began his journey to the Mackenzie River, which he would follow south to Fort Simpson. This year he…
Read morePeel’s River Post
In the book, Two Journals of Robert Campbell, Early Journal – 1808 to 1851, Chief Factor Robert Campbell briefly described his crossing of the land portage from LaPierre’s House, on…
Read moreThe portage from Lapierre House to Peel’s River post
Before I add this post, I have a smidgen of an announcement to make. My book, The York Factory Express, will not be published in March and April as I…
Read moreRobert Campbell and the Porcupine River
From Fort Yukon, Robert Campbell and his men hurried up the Porcupine River to join Mr. Alexander Hunter Murray, who was already on his way to Lapierre House with the…
Read moreRivière des Roches to Great Slave Lake
The river that flowed north from Athabasca Lake was not the Mackenzie, but the Rivière des Roches, which led boats into the Slave. Somewhere north of Athabasca Lake was the…
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