Brigade Journey North of the Lone Tree
The Lone Tree was a major landmark on the shores of Okanagan Lake north of Prairie de Nicholas, and a place where these men might have camped. The Lone Tree…
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 Brigade Trails, Kamloops to Okanogan House
I am continuing the outgoing express journals on their way south from the Thompson River post at Kamloops, through the Okanagan to Okanogan House. You will notice the two…
Read moreThe Nicola Valley
You will see, above, a portion of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s 1867 Map of British Columbia. At the top is Kamloops Lake, with the Kamloops post perched at its east end.…
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