1858 Brigade Trails
It is interesting to see how the packers who followed the HBC trails into the upper district travelled up and down what they called “the Old Brigade Trail” to…
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A few days ago I was thinking about the 1843 brigade trail, and wondered if I would get any clues on its location from David Douglas’s journey to New Caledonia…
Read moreJohn Stuart, and the Brigade trails in B.C.
In 1805, the Nor’Westers Paul Fraser, and John Stuart, entered New Caledonia via the Peace River, establishing a post at Trout Lake [McLeod Lake]. Fraser left Jean Baptiste Boucher [Waccan,…
Read moreThe 1843 Brigade Trail, Loon Lake to Green Lake
From Loon Lake, in what is now the province of British Columbia, the men of the incoming New Caledonia brigade rode northwest, crossing the range of hills that lay between…
Read moreThe 1843 brigade trail, Copper Creek to Loon Lake
This blogpost has been rewritten, with lots of new information. I have learned much more about the trail since I wrote this the first time. In November 1842, Alexander Caulfield…
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