Simpson’s Travels
We are continuing Sir George Simpson’s travels from Lachine to Red River in 1841. In our last post we reached and paddled past Chats Falls, on the Ottawa River. As…
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In 1841, the newly-minted Sir George Simpson travelled from England to Canada, and then on to Red River by the traditional route to Ruperts Land. As we know, that route…
Read moreJason Allard’s Stories of his Father
Jason Ovide Allard grew up in the HBC, at Forts Langley and Yale. His father was a Canadien named Ovid Allard, who had several Indigenous wives. Jason’s mother was an…
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