Shoes in the fur trade
It is often said that there were no shoes in the fur trade, but that is not exactly true. My 3x-great grandfather, James Birnie, was descended from generations of leather…
Read moreChief Trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson
In 1846, Fort Alexandria’s clerk-in-charge, Alexander Caulfield Anderson, received his long expected Commission as Chief Trader in the Honorable Hudson’s Bay Company’s service, 15 years after he first entered the…
Read moreHBC Transportation Systems: the London Ships
Transportation of goods and furs was an important issue for the fur traders of the HBC, and their transportation systems West of the Rocky Mountains differed from those in the…
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