Fort Victoria Murderers
I wonder how many people today know that Fort Victoria was built, in part, by a group of five murderers from Fort Stikine? Let me tell you the story. There…
Read moreBuilding Fort McLoughlin
And so the Hudson’s Bay Company men have arrived in McLoughlin Bay, in what the HBC men on the coast called Milbanke Sound, on the North West Coast. They have…
Read moreFort McLoughlin
Fort McLoughlin was a Hudson’s Bay Company post, built on what the HBC men called “Milbanke Sound,” on the Northwest Coast, in 1833. Alexander Caulfield Anderson had only just arrived…
Read moreJames Anderson’s Mountain Portage
James Anderson’s Map of the southern portion of the Mountain Portage, from Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, E.37/29, and used with their permission. The above map comes from the…
Read moreHappy New Year
We have learned from my last post that Christmas Day in the HBC fur trade tended to be quiet and restful, with little trouble from anyone. So let’s see what…
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