The Canadians
In 1820-21, George Simpson (not yet Governor Simpson) spends his first winter in the HBC at Fort Wedderburn, on an island in Athabasca Lake. But this story begins even before…
Read moreSimpson 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…
Read moreNorway House fire
I am proofing my York Factory Express manuscript, which is an interesting process. It is a chance to catch errors, and I found one. This is what I said in…
Read moreThe men in the 1826 York Factory Express
Many of the men who travelled in the York Factory Express worked west of the Rocky Mountains for many years — some worked here for just a year or so.…
Read moreJames Birnie, 1826
My great-great-grandfather was a member of the 1826 York Factory Express journey that crossed the Rocky Mountains from the Columbia River to Hudson Bay and return. I have known this…
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