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The Camas | Fort Victoria Descendants
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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Larr; Ogden Family. Camas blooming in Metchosin →. Photo by Nancy Anderson. In his book,. Trees and Shrubs: Food, Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of British Columbia. Victoria: Banfield, 1925) James Robert Anderson (who attended school inside the old fort as a 12-year-old) described the Camas that bloomed every May in the oak meadows that surrounded Fort Victoria. Posted on May 23, 2011, in General. And tagged Flora and Fauna. In yo...
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Camas blooming in Metchosin | Fort Victoria Descendants
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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Larr; The Camas. Flintlock Guns at Fort Victoria →. Camas blooming in Metchosin. Happy Swiftsure/Memorial Day Weekend! I snapped this while on a nature walk in Metchosin. Judging by the comments and photos on our Facebook Page. The Camas are definitely in full bloom all over the Pacific Northwest! Camas in full bloom. Photo by Rachel Perkins. Posted on May 28, 2011, in General. And tagged Flora and Fauna. Larr; The Camas. Oct 18-30...
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Ross Family | Fort Victoria Descendants
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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Larr; Roderick Finlayson. Ogden Family →. Grave of Isabella Ross, Ross Bay Cemetery - Victoria, BC. Photo by Rachel Perkins. In 1822, at Lac La Pluie,. À la façon du pays. According to the custom of the country, they travelled across the country establishing trade at many HBC Forts. They renewed their vows in 1838 with the Reverend Herbert Beaver at Fort Vancouver, WT according to the tradition of the Church of England. Cha...Isabe...
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Ogden Family | Fort Victoria Descendants
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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Larr; Ross Family. The Camas →. Ogden Point, Victoria BC. Photo by Rachel Perkins. Was born in Quebec, 1790 to American Loyalists Isaac and Sarah Ogden. Isaac Ogden was a Judge. Peter joined the Northwest Company. In his travels he married. An unknown Cree woman,. À la façon du pays. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. His first born Peter Ogden Jr.,. Was also a Chief Factor of the HBC. He married Phristine Brabant. 1911 They had six chil...
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Cridge Family | Fort Victoria Descendants
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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Larr; The Caselton Family. Roderick Finlayson →. Cridge Family Gravesite - Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria BC. Photo by Rachel Perkins. On September 20, 1854, they sailed from Gravesend aboard the Marquis of Bute. Over six months later, in March of 1855, after a journey around South America and via the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), they were welcomed to the fort by Governor James Douglas. Submitted by Dave Laundy (wife Janet). I have some...
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Webstress | Fort Victoria Descendants
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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Flintlock Guns at Fort Victoria. Photo by Nancy Anderson. There were a number of times when fur traders in the interior needed to defend themselves when they were faced with a crowd of armed Natives, and this was probably true in early Fort Victoria, too. Certainly every man in or near the fort, whether fur trader or settler, owned a flintlock gun. Photo by Nancy Anderson. If you want to see these guns in action, attend one of the ...
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Roderick Finlayson | Fort Victoria Descendants
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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Larr; Cridge Family. Ross Family →. Gravesite of Roderick Finlayson - Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria BC. Photo by Rachel Perkins. In 1839 he was transferred to the Columbia District. His journey west was uneventful other than being caught in the middle of a stampede of 500 buffalo that were crossing the Saskatchewan River. At Fort Vancouver, Finlayson was placed in charge of the new saw and grist mill; he supervised 32 men and...In th...
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Flintlock Guns at Fort Victoria | Fort Victoria Descendants
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Skip to main content. Skip to primary sidebar. Skip to secondary sidebar. Larr; Camas blooming in Metchosin. Flintlock Guns at Fort Victoria. Photo by Nancy Anderson. There were a number of times when fur traders in the interior needed to defend themselves when they were faced with a crowd of armed Natives, and this was probably true in early Fort Victoria, too. Certainly every man in or near the fort, whether fur trader or settler, owned a flintlock gun. Photo by Nancy Anderson. If you want to see these...
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