Simpson to Norway House
It is time now to bring Governor George Simpson to Norway House and so to close down this journal. At the moment, the Governor is at Fort Garry, which place…
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On Sunday, April 24, 1825, Governor George Simpson and his party have made it across Athabasca Pass, on their journey out of the territory West of the Rocky Mountains. In…
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We return, once more, to Governor George Simpson’s journey out of the Columbia District in 1825. There are some very interesting things that happened on this journey to Red River,…
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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 moreFort Assiniboine
Governor Simpson has just reached Fort Assiniboine in his journey west from York Factory in 1824. In his journal of a year earlier, clerk John Work described this post, which…
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