A response to last week’s blog post, Write in on the Heart: The sentiment behind this little poem [Fur Traders by Harry Robinson] is that the terms of trade between the fur traders (North West Company or Hudson’s Bay Company) and Indians... [Continue Reading]
Fur Traders They tell the Indian to get fur. Put it in a trap and get fur. Then they buy that and trade ’em. They trade, you know. They cheating the Indian at that time. See the gun? See this... [Continue Reading]
During the early years of the fur trade, hundreds of young men moved to Rupert’s Land and the Columbia to work for the North West Company or, after 1821, the amalgamated firm, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). No white women... [Continue Reading]
Tomorrow night, Saturday, March 17th, 2012, Dr. Duane Thomson (president of the Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society) will be addressing the Kelowna Branch of the Okanagan Historical Society. The Laurel Packinghouse (Ellis Street) in Kelowna will be the venue... [Continue Reading]
