Joseph and Josephine Rondeau
I get asked a lot of questions, for the most part because people think I know everything about the Hudson’s Bay Company. I do not, although I have a lot…
Read moreTwo Canoes: John Work arrives at his destination
John Work is on his way west to Spokane House, his destination. In our last John Work post, we left his boats at the bottom end of the Upper Arrow…
Read moreCharlot Birnie
It will shock the descendants of James and Charlot Birnie to know this: that on James Birnie’s return to the Columbia district in 1826 with the incoming York Factory Express,…
Read moreJames Birnie, Spokane House to 1823
Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s father in law was James Birnie. He is my great-great-grandfather, and this is his story. I will post this in many parts, because I know a lot about…
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