Simon McGillivray Jr.
On September 22, 1820, George Simpson noted that “Messrs. [Jonas] Oxley & [George Peter] Andries have arrived” at Fort Wedderburn, “also Messrs. [Aulay] McAulay & [Amable] Grignon; the latter Gentlemen…
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In 1820, locum tenans Governor George Simpson reaches Fort Wedderburn, after a long and difficult journey North with the HBC’s Athabasca Brigades. The date is September 20. On the evening…
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The year is 1843, and it is now the beginning of August. Augustus Richard Peers has now reached Clearwater River (sometimes called the Little Athabasca), and is ready to make…
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