Augustus Peers’s journal
Augustus Peers was the older brother of Henry Newsham Peers, of Forts Langley and Victoria. Henry was a man who made history west of the Rocky Mountains: he will be…
Read moreTwo Canoes to Ile-a-la-Crosse
This is the sixth article in this series: two canoe journeys on the Upper Churchill River, on their way to Ile-a-la-Crosse and beyond. Both groups of canoes are on their…
Read moreTwo Canoes: West from Oxford House
I am finding the journals of these two canoe journeys very interesting, and so will continue this thread a little sooner than I might otherwise have done. It is…
Read moreTwo Canoe Journeys
This is the beginning of a new series, which covers two separate canoe journeys made from York Factory, by different routes to the West side of the Rocky Mountains. The…
Read moreYork Factory Complaint
In 1835, Chief Trader James Douglas took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay and return. He and his men arrived at the HBC headquarters in the midst of…
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