Spring 1845 at Fort Vancouver

Thomas Lowe’s journal is the only source of information that I have at the moment, on what was happening at Fort Vancouver in Spring and early Summer of 1845. He…
Read moreThomas Lowe’s journal is the only source of information that I have at the moment, on what was happening at Fort Vancouver in Spring and early Summer of 1845. He…
Read moreNo, I am not running off with John Tod of Kamloops: I am just telling you that there will be no blogpost this day, partly because I am so exhausted…
Read moreMy book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July 2024. You may order my books, The HBC Brigades,…
Read moreI find that, entirely by accident, two threads (stories) I am telling merge at the same place: at what the HBC men called Bridge River! But, as you can see…
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