Liard River 3
So the men going up the Liard River have reached the old location of Fort Halkett, where it stood on the banks of the Smith River. I am continuing, with…
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I promised my Twitter followers I was going to keep them wet and cold over Christmas, and I can’t think of a better way to do that than to continue…
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The Liard River once played a significant role in the fur trade of the North: it was the river that led from Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River north of…
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There is more to Pierre Pambrun’s story, it seems — I am referring to the story told in my last post found here: https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/cannibalism-again/ There is, of course, always more!…
Read moreThe Klondike Trail
The Klondike trail is very interesting to me, but not because it led gold-miners into the goldfields on the Yukon River. This was an old trail, used for the first…
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