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Peter Skene Ogden

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 22, 2026 Fur Trade History, North West Company 2 Comments
Peter Skene Ogden

Peter Skene Ogden is the next gentleman to be placed in charge of Fort St. James, New Caledonia. He arrived at the post in 1835, but there is not a…

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Fort Wedderburn

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 15, 2026 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History 2 Comments
Fort Wedderburn

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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Simpson to Cumberland House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 21, 2026 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Simpson to Cumberland House

In August 1820, Governor locum tenans George Simpson had come upriver in canoes, from Rock Depot to Norway House, where the men of the Athabasca Brigades would load the remainder…

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Simpson at Rock Depot, 1820

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 7, 2026 "Headquarters", HBC Transportation Systems
Simpson at Rock Depot, 1820

I have a new journal for you. This is a journal that I did not intend to look at, but I am very happy I did. I have always been…

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Simpson at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 19, 2025 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Simpson at Fort Vancouver

So we are going to talk about Governor Simpson at Fort Vancouver, and I will attempt to discover what he did there in the week that he stayed at the…

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