Kequeloose, and the Brigade Trail
The above photograph shows the Fraser River looking north from the modern-day Alexandra Bridge, toward the old bridge. On this point of land stood the Native village of Kequeloose, and…
Read moreSalish Wool Dog
In 1847, Chief Factors James Douglas and Peter Skene Ogden asked Alexander Caulfield Anderson, then Chief Trader in charge at Fort Alexandria, to make his second exploration between Kamloops and…
Read moreFrom Fort Langley to Kequeloose, 1848
In 1846 and 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson made two explorations across the mountains that separated the HBC fort at Kamloops, from Fort Langley on the lower Fraser River. Discussions about…
Read moreA short Chronology of the Fur Trade West of the Rockies
One of the things that most interested me as I wrote this book, was that the fur trade in the territory we now know as British Columbia had such a…
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