1807
Thompson follows NWC clerk Jaco Finlay’s trail, (in 1806), to the Columbia River and establishes Kootenae House, first trading post in the Columbia Basin, and Thompson’s base of expolration. The Niitsitapi, angry with NWC for trading guns to the Ktunaxa block Thompson and brigade from using the pass and Kootenae House.
1801
1801 their first child, Fanny, born at the fort
1800
David Thompson, explorer and fur trader for the North West Company, and his Metis wife, Charlotte Small, arrive at Rocky Mountain House. Life together will see them map some 3.9 square kilometres of our continent by canoe, foot and horseback while raising a family. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2900259&lang=eng&ecopy=c073573 Depiction of David Thompson by Charles William Jefferys Crédit: Bibliothèque […]
Pre 1799
The Nakoda, Siksika, Tsuu t’ina, Ktunaxa, Piikani, Atsina, Kainai, Nehiyawak Nations existed on Turtle Island time immemorial, before explorers, traders and settlers came to the area. Already part of their life, there was a vast network of trading between Nations. ~In 1790 Peter Pangman, explorer and trader for the North West Company, traveled from the […]