"Twentieth-century scholars have based their claims for Henday's importance as an explorer, trader and observer of Native cultures on a poorly edited transcript of the 1782 text. They have been unaware or careless of the journal's textual ambiguity. A Year Inland presents all fo…
"The Lifeline of the Oregon Country will prove indispensable to historians, researchers, and fur trade enthusiasts alike, and is an important contribution to our understanding of the economic history of the Pacific Slope."--Résumé de l'éditeur. "The Lifeline of the Oregon Count…
The Fort Langley journals, 1827-30
by Maclachlan, Morag, Suttles, Wayne P.
fromPioneers of British Columbia
"In the summer of 1827 a party left Fort Vancouver to found Fort Langley on the Lower Fraser to link fur-rich New Caledonia to the Pacific." "One of the responsibilities of the person in charge of a fur trade post was to maintain a daily record or assign that task to a clerk. Th…
"Trading Beyond the Mountains looks at the years of exploration between 1793 and 1811 leading to the commercial development of the Pacific coast and the Cordilleran interior of western North America. Mackie examines the first stages of economic diversification in this fur trade …