French River

I have always been told that the French River is one of the most beautiful rivers the voyageurs travelled on their way to the interior. It was part of the…
Read moreI have always been told that the French River is one of the most beautiful rivers the voyageurs travelled on their way to the interior. It was part of the…
Read moreIn this post we continue our journey up the Grand, or Ottawa River, following in the footsteps of the voyageurs and gentlemen of the North West Company, and, after 1821,…
Read moreCaptain Henry James Warre (1819-1898) was a British officer who, with a Royal Engineer Lieutenant named Mervin Vavasour, visited Forts Vancouver and Victoria in 1845 and 1846. As we know…
Read moreThe historic Ottawa River was often called le Grand River — the “Big River” — by the first voyageurs who travelled up and down its length. And it was a…
Read moreThe rapids-filled Ottawa River led the North West Company voyageurs, and the later HBC Lachine Brigades, northward from the Lake of the Two Mountains to the mouth of the Mattawa…
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