Thomas Lowe’s Summer 1844

It is summer 1844, and Thomas Lowe, who has faithfully kept up his private journal until September 1843, has now picked up his journalling again. He is still at Fort…
Read moreAs we know, if you have purchased and read my book, The York Factory Express, the proper name for the incoming Express was the Columbia Express — although some people…
Read moreThe first York Factory Express left Fort Vancouver in March 1826, and the incoming Express generally returned to Fort Vancouver in early November or late October. The Express ran every…
Read moreJames Douglas was a clerk when he took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay in 1835; although he returned to the Columbia District as a Chief Trader, having…
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