The HBC ship Cadboro

It is November 1844, and we are continuing Thomas Lowe’s stories of the happenings at Fort Vancouver, the HBC headquarters near the mouth of the Columbia River — one hundred…
Read moreThe work of building the new Fort Simpson continued, with clerk James Birnie keeping the post journal and taking overall charge of building the new post on the northwest coast,…
Read moreOn July 16, 1834, the HBC’s ship, Dryad, was moved a little closer to where the new Fort Simpson was to be built, and “Disembarked the passengers & baggage &…
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