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The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade
318 pages, Paperback
Published July 30, 2024
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January 4, 2025
Incredibly informative and descriptive account of the HBC Brigades and the early trails they carved through the mountains of the Pacific coast. Well laid out, this book describes year-over-year how the HBC trails and forts on the western side of the rockies grew and changed, along with the men working them, as the traders tackled environmental and other challenges throughout the region, while balancing their relationships with the various locally indigenous communities of the time.
It would be a struggle to find a more well-sourced account of this time period within this region, as the author has gone to great lengths sourcing material from original journals, letters, maps, and photographs. In addition to Nancy having a connection to the brigade trails herself through her ancestry.
All in all, it is an incredibly informative and enthralling read that shines light on a part of British Columbian history that can be difficult to investigate through currently existing material. How wonderful it is to have a book that wraps so much of it together so well!
It would be a struggle to find a more well-sourced account of this time period within this region, as the author has gone to great lengths sourcing material from original journals, letters, maps, and photographs. In addition to Nancy having a connection to the brigade trails herself through her ancestry.
All in all, it is an incredibly informative and enthralling read that shines light on a part of British Columbian history that can be difficult to investigate through currently existing material. How wonderful it is to have a book that wraps so much of it together so well!
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