Duelling Historians
My Book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July 2024. You can order it now through your local…
Read moreThe S.S.Beaver sails to the Columbia River
In 1836, the S.S. Beaver sails east from the Sandwich Islands to the mouth of the Columbia River and, eventually, Fort Vancouver, the HBC headquarters on the Pacific Slopes. Here…
Read moreWomen in the Boats
Here is a question I often get asked (especially by women): how many women and children travelled in the York Factory Express Boats going out of, or coming into, the…
Read moreB.C. Studies Book Review
The academic magazine from the University of British Columbia has recently published their Book Review of The York Factory Express, and in many ways it is a very good review.…
Read moreDavid Douglas and his YFE journey
The botanist named David Douglas journeyed out of the Columbia District in Edward Ermatinger’s 1827 outgoing York Factory Express. He left behind him an interesting journal. Here goes: On the…
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