HMS Modeste
“The HMS Modeste was an 18-gun wooden sloop that sailed in Victoria waters from 1844 to 1847.” Well, that’s what the Colonial Despatches says, but we know that she also…
Read moreHBC Ships in the Pacific
I have accidentally discovered that some of the HBC ships that ran up and down the Pacific Coast were larger than I expected them to be! As you see in…
Read moreB.C. Studies Book Review
The academic magazine from the University of British Columbia has recently published their Book Review of The York Factory Express, and in many ways it is a very good review.…
Read moreJohn Charles 2
This post is a continuation of John Charles’s story. I began this story some time ago, as you may remember, and it began with this paragraph: John Charles led out…
Read moreJames Anderson’s Mountain Portage
James Anderson’s Map of the southern portion of the Mountain Portage, from Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, E.37/29, and used with their permission. The above map comes from the…
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