The Mountain Portage, continued.
We ended my last blogpost at the door-like cut in the rocks called Rae’s Falls, at the end of Anderson’s Barnston Lake. Today, this is McLellan Lake, and it is…
Read moreMaypole Tree
In late May, 1846, Alexander Caulfield Anderson set out from Fort Langley on his return journey to Kamloops, across the range of mountains that separated Fort Langley from the interior…
Read moreAlexander Caulfield Anderson’s 1867 Map of British Columbia
This, shown above, is a portion of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s 1867 Map of a Portion of the Colony of British Columbia, compiled from various sources, including Original Notes from Personal…
Read moreA. C. Anderson’s cousin General Sir James Outram, Bayard of India
This is the story of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s first cousin, General Sir James Outram, the “Bayard of India.” Today James Outram is the most famous Anderson-Seton cousin of all of…
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