Lac La Hache (Axe Lake)
I would love to know how Lac la Hache got its name, but I only know that it is named for an axe which apparently was lost in its waters,…
Read morePaul Fraser
Paul Fraser was a man who never got along with anyone, as far as I can tell. Well, that’s not exactly true. Donald Manson liked him, and regretted his loss…
Read moreLittle Fort, on the North Thompson River
It delights me to find people who are interested in the history of the little place they came from — and I have heard from someone who is from one…
Read moreMichel Fallardeau
Michel Fallardeau is one of my favorite men in the history of the West side of the Rocky Mountains before 1858; and a man who suffered a mysterious death. It…
Read moreAnderson’s 1847 expedition from Kamloops to Fort Langley & return
In 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson set out on his second set of expeditions between the fort at Kamloops, and Fort Langley on the lower Fraser River. He began his journal…
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