Fort Victoria’s Frenchtown
The fact that Fort Victoria had a Frenchtown of sorts was a surprise to me — even more so when I realized that I had resided on this property. True,…
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Here is another story from the Grande Prairie — yes, that place that we visited just a few short weeks ago. I found the beginnings of this in the little…
Read moreThe building of Fort Victoria
In summer 1843, Fort Victoria was built on Camosun Harbour or Inlet, on the southern end of Vancouver’s Island. Although it was at first sometimes called Fort Albert, that name…
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This post is about the Vancouver’s Island fort that will soon be built and, eventually, named Fort Victoria. This series of posts began at https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/locating-fort-victoria/ and it continues on from…
Read moreBuilding Fort Shepherd
In this April 1856 letter to Angus McDonald of Fort Colvile, James Douglas described the HBC buildings that were to be erected at the new Fort Shepherd, on the Columbia…
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