Simpson at Fort Vancouver 1825
Governor George Simpson spent the winter of 1824-25 at Fort George [Astoria]. So what happened while he was there? There are lots of little stories that I picked up in…
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The HBC men had been settled at Fort Vancouver, on the banks of the Columbia River, for decades before the first of the Missionaries came west to establish permanent settlements…
Read moreTwo Canoes to Kamloops
In our twenty-seventh post in this series, I will bring Governor George Simpson and his party down the North Thompson River to the post at Kamloops — and beyond! So…
Read moreCarlton to Red River
In most of the York Factory Express journals I managed to collect, the Annual Council Meeting for the Hudson’s Bay Company was held in Norway House. That meant that the…
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