Simpson to Spokane River
In the spring of 1825, Governor George Simpson paused his journey at the future location of the Wascopam Mission, while travelling east on his way to the Rocky Mountains and…
Read moreDonald McLean
I just spent two weeks creating the Index for The HBC Brigades, and it was an exhausting chore! Please, remind me to never again write a book that has so…
Read moreResearching Fort St James
Researching Fort St James is an enormous proposition, and if you had to do it all by yourself, it would impossible to do. Fortunately, we have help. This is a…
Read moreDuelling Historians
This post is a continuation of the series I began a while ago: Fort St. James, as taken from Jamie Morton’s manuscript, “A Century of Fur Trade on Stuart Lake,”…
Read moreFort Colvile Brigades
In this blogpost we continue the stories of the incoming 1828 Fort Colvile Brigades, as they make their way up the Columbia River from Fort Vancouver. The man who kept…
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