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At the very end of August, 1834, the HBC ship, Dryad, carrying Peter Skene Ogden, William Fraser Tolmie, Dr. Alexander Kennedy, and all the other men who were employed at…
Read moreAt the very end of August, 1834, the HBC ship, Dryad, carrying Peter Skene Ogden, William Fraser Tolmie, Dr. Alexander Kennedy, and all the other men who were employed at…
Read moreOn April 22, 1840, Chief Trader James Douglas took another step forward, moving toward the eventual building of the HBC’s Fort Victoria in 1843. This blogpost is a continuation of…
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