Two Seized Ships
In late November or December of 1851, the HBC suffered from having two more ships seized by the American customs agents, as I told you in my last post, found…
Read moreFort Victoria Ships
The years between 1844, when Charles Ross died, and 1846, when the Fort Victoria journals begin, are a bit of a wasteland so far as information re: the workings of…
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 moreBeaver at the Equator
The Steamer Beaver, and its accompanying ship the Columbia, sailed over the Equator for the second time on this journey: this time from the south to the northern hemisphere. It…
Read moreBeaver in the Pacific
This title will confuse people who may think there are beaver in the Pacific Ocean, but that is not so. In this series we are following the course of the…
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