Author of the article: Beth Wilkins
Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021 • April 28, 2021 • 6 minute read • • Acc. No. 1972-26-735 Library and Archives Canada, C.W. Jeffreys illustration from The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume ll, p.148: The illustrations are of amateur artist Richard Dillon’s c.1808 drawing of Notre Dame in Montréal’s Place d’Armes and painter George Delfosse’s 1829 painting of the Old Church and the New. Photo by SUPPLIED
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We continue with what has turned out to be quite a long journey with David Thompson, wife Charlotte and their growing family. The trek across Western Canada in search of appropriate sites for the North West Company (NWC) fur trading posts was filled with adventure and for David, at least, exhilaration in doing what he wanted to do – surveying leading to mapmaking.
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