William Sinclair Jr.
William Sinclair Jr was one of the most interesting men to work west of the Rocky Mountains, but it took me a long time to put his story together —…
Read moreAnother Step Forward
On 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…
Read moreFort Victoria Murderers 2
I ended the first section of this blogpost with the information that when Governor George Simpson arrived in the anchorage at Fort Stikine, he experienced a bad feeling. Both the…
Read moreRobert Birnie
Robert Birnie was the son of James Birnie, of the NWC and HBC. He was born in “Oregon [Territory] in the year 1824, 7th February, place now called Astoria, it…
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