Home from Fraser’s River

For the men of the 1824 Expedition, making their way home from Fraser’s River was a far easier journey than making their way to the river, via the clogged Nicomekl…
Read moreFor the men of the 1824 Expedition, making their way home from Fraser’s River was a far easier journey than making their way to the river, via the clogged Nicomekl…
Read moreIn 1824, the HBC men from Fort George [Astoria] have made their way up Puget Sound, on their way to the mouth of the Fraser River. But instead of paddling…
Read moreIn late 1824, a group of HBC men made a boat journey from Fort George [Astoria] to the Fraser River, via the Nicomekl River, a stream that seems to run…
Read moreThe botanist named David Douglas journeyed out of the Columbia District in Edward Ermatinger’s 1827 outgoing York Factory Express. He left behind him an interesting journal. Here goes: On the…
Read moreIn the eighteenth blogpost in this series, we will follow the incoming New Caledonia brigades past Horse Lake. They will go up to Lac la Hache via Little Bridge Creek,…
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