The Pas and Cumberland House
HBC clerk Augustus Peers continues his journey west and north, from Cedar Lake on the Saskatchewan River, to the Pas and Cumberland House, the latter of which stands on Cumberland…
Read moreSimpson to Cumberland House
In August 1820, Governor locum tenans George Simpson had come upriver in canoes, from Rock Depot to Norway House, where the men of the Athabasca Brigades would load the remainder…
Read moreSimpson at Rock Depot, 1820
I have a new journal for you. This is a journal that I did not intend to look at, but I am very happy I did. I have always been…
Read moreGovernor George Simpson
Governor George Simpson had a powerful effect on the history of the North American continent, and his power came to him as soon as he stepped off the ship from…
Read moreLandmarks on the Upper Hayes
This is a continuation of a blog post that I published on September 22nd, and it tells the stories of the portages and other landmarks above Swampy Lake, that were…
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