Frog Portage
Frog Portage was a historic portage from the early days of the French fur trade. On this occasion, however, we are talking about Governor George Simpson’s intention to find his…
Read moreThe Nelson River
The mighty Nelson River flowed east from Playgreen Lake, where Norway House stood, making its way down the steep and rocky east side of the Canadian Shield to Hudson Bay…
Read more1839 Incoming Express
I know of two people who travelled into the territory west of the Rocky Mountains in the incoming 1839 York Factory Express (now called the Columbia Express.) One man was…
Read moreNancy Marguerite Anderson
I am Nancy Marguerite Anderson; an accidental historian writing the stories of the HBC men who worked west of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories! The…
Read moreDuelling Historians
This post is a continuation of the series I began a while ago: Fort St. James, as taken from Jamie Morton’s manuscript, “A Century of Fur Trade on Stuart Lake,”…
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