After the War of 1812 the territory on the Pacific Slope between 54 40? and 42N. latitude was to be jointly occupied by Britain and the United States pending a final settlement. Fearful that the Columbia River would be lost to them, the Governor and COuncil of the Hudson's Bay Company decided to establish a base north of the 48th parallel. In the summer of 1827 a party left Fort Vancouver to found Fort Langley on the Lower Fraser to link fur-rich New Caledonia tohe Pacific.
One of the responsibilities of the person in charge of a fur trade post was to maintina a daily recoord or...
After the War of 1812 the territory on the Pacific Slope between 54 40? and 42N. latitude was to be jointly occupied by Britain and the United Stat...
