Peter Fidler’s Journal
Although this post is a continuation of Peter Skene Ogden’s story at Ile-a-la-Crosse, we are following Peter Fidler’s Journal of 1810-1811 to see what happened at the HBC post at…
Read moreSir George to Red River
In 1841, Sir George travelled into the Red River Colony from Lachine, making his way by the traditional canoe route up the Ottawa, the Mattawa, and the French, to…
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I found a file in the British Columbia Archives, labeled “Rough Notes of Journeys in the Northwest,” ca. 1850, Mss-3622. You can see where this story started: https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/tiny-stories/ The…
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