Hudson Bay Brigade Trail: Kamloops West Traditional Cache
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Hudson Bay Brigade Trail: Kamloops West
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On the first leg of the Hudson Bay Brigade Trail from Fort Kamloops
to Fort Alexandria
The North West Company established trading posts first in the north
of BC in what they called New Caledonia, then on the banks of the
Columbia River. East-west trade was a supply line all the way from
Montreal through the Fraser and Nechako systems to the north, but
overland north-south through Fort Kamloops and Fort Okonogan down
to Fort Astoria, with furs traveling south in the spring and
supplies traveling north in the fall. When British- American
disputes closed trade south of the 49th parallel, the newly merged
Hudson Bay Company established Fort Langley, then Fort Hope to
support trade to and from the Interior. A brigade route was
established through the Cascades to Fort Kamloops, then northwest
towards 100 Mile House and up the Fraser to Fort Alexandria. The
HBC Brigade Trail from Kamloops to 100 Mile House crossed the hills
north of Kamloops Lake from 1843 through 1869.
The HBC Brigade Trail left Fort Kamloops (which in its 4th location
was on the west side of the confluence of the rivers), crossed the
Thompson River (probably at Rabbit Island), then traveled west
along the north shore of the Thompson River towards Tranquille
Creek. The cache is placed along this corridor and is the first in
a series of caches along this historical route. Further caches will
be placed along the brigade route between Kamloops and 100 Mile
House.
The next 3 legs heading west are HBC Brigade Trail: Dewdrop,
followed by Gold Country GeoTour: Hudson Bay Company Brigade Trail
(I did the write up and chose the location), then HBC Brigade
Trail: Sabiston Lake.
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