Fort Norman Stories
“Fort Norman, though not classed among the head posts of the district, is nevertheless a good fur trading post,” Augustus Peers wrote, “and in good years may vie with many…
Read morePeers at Fort Norman
Richard Augustus Peers has spent his winter of 1843-44 at Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River, but now it is time for him to leave. “It had been determined that…
Read moreFort Simpson Winter
The year is 1843: winter is approaching, and clerk Augustus Richard Peers has just arrived at Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River. Fort Simpson was the headquarters for all the…
Read moreFlood at Fort Norman
In 1852, Chief Trader James Anderson (A), who was then in charge of the Athabasca District, made a journey from the district’s headquarters of Fort Simpson, down the Mackenzie River…
Read moreFort Good Hope & south
In May 1852, Chief Trader James Anderson (A), who was then in charge of the Mackenzie River District, made a journey to Fort Good Hope, on the Mackenzie River north…
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