"As BC 150 celebrations have made us aware, modern British Columbia began in the central interior of the province, where Simon Fraser founded the fur trade empire known as New Caledonia. Today only the restored trading post of Fort St. James and the ancient trails remain. Fort St. James and New Caledonia is the first history of this crucial chapter in over one hundred years. Using unpublished Hudson's Bay Company archival material, Marie Elliott delivers rare glimpses into the lives and times of the first fur traders, weaving a tapestry of colourful characters including the great Carrier chief Kwah, Nor'westers John Stuart and James McDougall, as well as a surprisingly strong cast of women including Miyo Nipiy, Governor Simpson's country wife, Margaret Taylor and the tragic Elizabeth Pruden

British Columbia Fort St. James, Fort St. James (B.C.) History, Fort St. James (C.-B.) Histoire, History, Nord-Ouest canadien Histoire Jusqu'à 1870, Northwest, Canadian History To 1870

Chapter 1 "What cannot be cured must be endured." Chapter 2 The Tacouche Tess Chapter 3 The Price of Advancement Chapter 4 The Invasion Chapter 5 Defending New Caledonia Chapter 6 "The Blood of My Children" Chapter 7 William Connolly Chapter 8 Peter Warren Dease and Peter Skene Ogden Chapter 9 Donald Manson Chapter 10 The Gold Rush Years Chapter 11 The Company in Slow Decline Chapter 12 The Depression Years of the 1890s Chapter 13 The New Century Appendix 1 The New Caledonia Forts Appendix 2 Native Languages in British Columbia Appendix 3 French-Canadian Definitions