The Murderer
My book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July, 2024. You can purchase my books, The HBC Brigades,…
Read moreLooking for Le Barge
I was asked an interesting question the other day: Where do I suppose that the name of the Barge village, on Fraser River, came from? Le Barge was a Secwepemc…
Read moreChief William, of William’s Lake
In 1879, Chief William, of the ‘Williams Lake Indians,’ wrote a letter to the editor of the British Daily Colonist newspaper in Victoria, B.C., urging readers to “settle the land…
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