Simpson to Spokane River
In the spring of 1825, Governor George Simpson paused his journey at the future location of the Wascopam Mission, while travelling east on his way to the Rocky Mountains and…
Read moreWarre’s York Factory Express Journal
The two British spies, Henry James Warre and Mervin Vavasour, left the Columbia district in the outgoing York Factory Express of March, 1846. We have Henry Warre’s York Factory Express…
Read moreConnolly’s Brigades and McLeod’s Express
In 1826, the expresses and brigades had different, but similar experiences as they passed through the range of mountains that separated the Pacific Coast from the interior of what is…
Read moreFort Colvile Brigades
In this blogpost we continue the stories of the incoming 1828 Fort Colvile Brigades, as they make their way up the Columbia River from Fort Vancouver. The man who kept…
Read moreWarre and Vavasour
Captain Henry James Warre, a British officer, and Lieutenant Mervin Vavasour, of the Royal Engineers, visited Forts Vancouver and Victoria in 1845 and 1846. Both Warre and Vavasour presented themselves…
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