Two Canoes Through the Fraser Canyon
In this last leg of the Two Canoes series, I will bring Governor George Simpson down the Fraser River, from the mouth of the Thompson River to Fort Langley. Those…
Read moreThe New Caledonia brigades head up the Nechako River
So, in 1826 Chief Factor William Connolly and his brigades paddled by the temporarily closed Fort George [Prince George], heading upriver to Fort James. In 1831, Peter Warren Dease stopped…
Read moreCattle Drive
A few days ago I was thinking about the 1843 brigade trail, and wondered if I would get any clues on its location from David Douglas’s journey to New Caledonia…
Read moreJohn Stuart, and the Brigade trails in B.C.
In 1805, the Nor’Westers Simon Fraser, and John Stuart, entered New Caledonia via the Peace River, establishing a post at Trout Lake [McLeod Lake]. Fraser left Jean Baptiste Boucher [Waccan,…
Read moreJames McDougall
As I do my last *personal* edits of my York Factory Express book, I am attempting to determine which of the two McDougall brothers traveled west in the 1826 York…
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