From Ile-a-la-Crosse to the Clearwater River
In our dueling journals — that of John Work, 1823, and of Archibald McDonald, 1828 — we have reached the post of Ile-a-la-Crosse, on Lac Ile-a-la-Crosse. As you know by…
Read moreFort Vancouver
In my book, The Pathfinder, I included a caption that indicated the size of Fort Vancouver over the years, and how it changed in size. The caption appears on page…
Read moreTwo Canoes (2) to Ile a la Crosse
In this seventh article of the Two Canoes series, we will follow Archibald McDonald’s journey up the Upper Churchill River to Ile a la Crosse post. This is a long…
Read moreTwo Canoes: North from Cumberland House
Here is the first of this pair of journals, as two sets of canoes are making their way west to the Columbia, by the old canoe route followed by the…
Read moreTwo Canoes: Cumberland House
We are now on our way to Cumberland House. Since my last post in this series, “we” had a short discussion on which of the Dease brothers met Governor George…
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