James Anderson’s Journey
James Anderson’s journey took him all the way north from Fort Simpson to the Arctic Ocean in 1855. Anderson’s journey began at the Hudson’s Bay Company post which he has…
Read moreFort Good Hope & south
In May 1852, Chief Trader James Anderson (A), who was then in charge of the Mackenzie River District, made a journey to Fort Good Hope, on the Mackenzie River north…
Read moreNotes re the Liard River
I found a lovely little document the other day, while I was looking for something else. It is James Anderson’s Notes on the Navigation of the West Branch or Liard…
Read moreThe Destruction of Fort Selkirk
Now, as some of you may remember, I started this journey through the Yukon as a result of finding the Fort Selkirk Journals online. WordPress has made it so irritatingly…
Read morePierre Pambrun Jr.
There is, of course, always more to the stories I write! I looked at the index in the HBRS book, London Correspondence Inward from Eden Colvile, 1849-1852, and found this,…
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