In The Lifeline of the Oregon Country, James Gibson compellingly immerses the reader in one of the most intractable problems faced by the Hudson?s Bay Company: how to realize wealth from such a remote and formidable land. The personalities, places, obstacles, and operations involved in the brigade system are all described in fascinating detail, stretch by stretch from Fort St. James, the depot of New Caledonia on the upper reaches of the Fraser River, to Fort Vancouver, the Columbia Department?s entrep?t on the lower Columbia River, and back. Never before has such a rich collection of primary information concerning the fur trade supply system and the constraining role of logistics been so meticulously assembled. 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.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 979.5/03
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
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- 9780774853972 0774806427
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- F880
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- G52 1997eb
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- 1 electronic text (xi, 292 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)jme00326716 (OCoLC)180765364 (CaOOCEL)404281
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Part 1: Introduction 14
- CHAPTER 1 Opening the Oregon Country 16
- CHAPTER 2 Linking the Oregon Country 32
- CHAPTER 3 Reforming the Oregon Country 44
- Part 2: The Outgoing Brigade 52
- CHAPTER 4 Canoeing down the Fraser: From Stuart's Lake to Alexandria 54
- CHAPTER 5 Packhorsing over the Mountain: From Alexandria to Thompson's River 81
- CHAPTER 6 Packhorsing between the Fraser and the Columbia: From Thompson's River to Okanagan 101
- CHAPTER 7 Boating down the Columbia: The Easy Leg from Okanagan to Walla Walla 111
- CHAPTER 8 Boating down the Columbia: The Hard Leg from Walla Walla to the Sea 132
- Part 3: The Incoming Brigade 152
- CHAPTER 9 At the Sea: The "Grand Depot" and "General Rendezvous" 154
- CHAPTER 10 Boating up the Columbia: The Hard Leg from the Sea to Walla Walla 168
- CHAPTER 11 Boating up the Columbia: The Easy Leg from Walla Walla to Okanagan 184
- CHAPTER 12 Packhorsing between the Columbia and the Fraser: From Okanagan to Thompson's River 191
- CHAPTER 13 Packhorsing over the Mountain: From Thompson's River to Alexandria 200
- CHAPTER 14 Canoeing up the Fraser: From Alexandria to Stuart's Lake 208
- Conclusion 213
- Appendices 220
- 1 Chief Factor William Connolly's Journal of the Brigade from New Caledonia to Fort Vancouver and Return, 5 May-23 September 1826 220
- 2 Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease's Journal of the Brigade from New Caledonia to Fort Vancouver and Return, 7 May-13 September 1831 242
- Notes 254
- Bibliography 294
- Index 300
- A 300
- B 300
- C 300
- D 301
- E 301
- F 301
- G 302
- H 302
- I 302
- J 303
- K 303
- L 303
- M 303
- N 303
- O 304
- P 304
- R 304
- S 304
- T 305
- U 305
- V 305
- W 305
- Y 305
- Maps 78
- Euroamerican Settlements in the Oregon Country (endpapers) 78
- 1 From Fort St. James to Fort Alexandria 78
- 2 From Fort Alexandria to Fort Kamloops 96
- 3 From Fort Kamloops to Fort Okanagan 107
- 4 From Fort Okanagan to Fort Nez Percés 123
- 5 From Fort Nez Percés to Fort George 137
