Peers at Fort Norman
Richard Augustus Peers has spent his winter of 1843-44 at Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River, but now it is time for him to leave. “It had been determined that…
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The year is 1843: winter is approaching, and clerk Augustus Richard Peers has just arrived at Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River. Fort Simpson was the headquarters for all the…
Read moreJames Green Stewart
James Green Stewart kept a journal of his voyage by the Great Fish River to the shores of the Arctic Sea. It is very interesting to see what he wrote,…
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 moreHistoric Posts in the West
So lets do a fun post about the Historic Posts in the West: that is, posts on the West side of the Rocky Mountains. The Peel’s River post (Fort McPherson)…
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