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Simpson to Norway House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 24, 2026 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company
Simpson to Norway House

It is time now to bring Governor George Simpson to Norway House and so to close down this journal. At the moment, the Governor is at Fort Garry, which place…

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Governor Simpson to Edmonton House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 6, 2025 "Headquarters", York Factory Express
Governor Simpson to Edmonton House

On Sunday, April 24, 1825, Governor George Simpson and his party have made it across Athabasca Pass, on their journey out of the territory West of the Rocky Mountains. In…

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Simpson to Athabasca Pass

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 29, 2025 "Headquarters", Headquarters, Hudson's Bay Company
Simpson to Athabasca Pass

We return, once more, to Governor George Simpson’s journey out of the Columbia District in 1825. There are some very interesting things that happened on this journey to Red River,…

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Fort Assiniboine

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 11, 2025 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Fort Assiniboine

Governor Simpson has just reached Fort Assiniboine in his journey west from York Factory in 1824. In his journal of a year earlier, clerk John Work described this post, which…

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Beaver River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 4, 2025 "Headquarters", HBC Transportation Systems
Beaver River

In September 1824, Governor George Simpson and his paddlers reached the Ile-à-la-Crosse post, headquarters of the English River Department. At this place, he was given a letter left behind by…

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