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Thompson's Highway: British Columbia's Fur Trade, 1800-1850: The Literary Origins of British Columbia (v. 3)
Thompson's Highway British Columbia's Fur Trade 18001850 The Literary Origins of British Columbia - v. 3 Author:Alan Twigg Twigg traces the writings of David Thompson, Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and thirty of their peers, mainly Scotsmen, who founded and managed more than fifty forts west of the Rockies prior to 1850. After the failure of Alexander Mackenzie and Simon Fraser to find a navigable route to the Pacific Ocean, it was the remarkable mapmaker, David... more » Thompson, who was instrumental in creating the 'highway' for commerce that connected both sides of the North American continent. Thompson's exploration and mapping enabled George Simpson, the 'Little Emperor' of the Hudson's Bay Company, and James Douglas, the founding father of the province, finally to bring viability to the corporate fur trade on the so-called Western Slope.« less