LEADER 03845nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910782733603321 005 20230912144257.0 010 $a1-283-11151-9 010 $a9786613111517 010 $a0-7748-5000-0 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774850001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713377 035 $a(EBL)3241455 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284841 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11257235 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284841 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261482 035 $a(PQKB)10622898 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404406 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00324066 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3411984 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055990 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL311151 035 $a(OCoLC)923440338 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/8hgcpq 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2010-12-16/1/10087546 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3411984 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3241455 035 $a(DE-B1597)661863 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774850001 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713377 100 $a20011106d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThis blessed wilderness$b[electronic resource] $eArchibald McDonald's letters from the Columbia, 1822-44 /$fedited by Jean Murray Cole 210 $aVancouver, BC $cUBC Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 225 1 $aThe pioneers of British Columbia 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7748-0832-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-285) and index. 327 $aContents; Illustrations; This Blessed Wilderness; Introduction; PART 1 Fort George and Thompson River, 1822- 28; PART 2 Fort Langley, 1829- 33; PART 3 Fort Colvile, 1834- 44; PART 4 Envoi, 1845- 49; Appendix; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe twenty-five years between 1821 and 1846 were turbulent but important years in the history of the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest: 1821 saw the merger of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, and 1846 saw the signing of the Oregon Treaty, which established the Canada-U.S. border. Archibald McDonald was a man who experienced these changes first hand. As a senior HBC officer, he was sent to the Columbia District headquarters at Fort George in 1821 to oversee the recently absorbed NWC posts and assets. After the merger, McDonald went on to direct operations at Thompson River (1826-28), Fort Langley (1828-33), and Fort Colvile (1833-44). During his tenure in the Pacific Northwest, letters were McDonald's only link with the outside world. Collected here for the first time by Jean Murray Cole, these public and private letters to friends, business colleagues, missionaries, botanists, and many others provide a fascinating narrative of the expansion of the fur trade at a critical time in its history. McDonald's witty and ironic style make these informative letters highly readable and entertaining. They are an invaluable primary resource for historians of the fur trade and the Pacific Northwest, anthropologists, geographers, and specialists in native studies. More general readers will be fascinated by these amusing snapshots of early settlement in the Pacific Northwest. 410 0$aPioneers of British Columbia. 606 $aFur trade$zNorthwest, Canadian$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFur traders$zNorthwest, Canadian$vCorrespondence 607 $aNorthwest, Canadian$vBiography 615 0$aFur trade$xHistory 615 0$aFur traders 676 $a971.2/01/092 700 $aMcDonald$b Archibald$f1790-1853.$01468930 701 $aCole$b Jean Murray$01468931 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782733603321 996 $aThis blessed wilderness$93680303 997 $aUNINA