"Furs is what brings us," remarked an early trader in the Oregon Country. He added, however, that "the difficulty of getting the necessary supplies will continue to operate against it," located as it was "on the worst side of the Rocky Mountains." Fortunately, the discovery in 1805 by Lewis and Clark that the Columbia River was navigable by canoe or boat to the Pacific led to the logistical linking of the New Caledonia and Columbia Districts by means of the Fraser-Columbia brigade system

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ProloguePart 1: Introduction1 Opening the Oregon Country2 Linking the Oregon Country3 Reforming the Oregon CountryPart 2: The Outgoing Brigade4 Canoeing down the Fraser: From Stuart’s Lake to Alexandria5 Packhorsing over the Mountain: From Alexandria to Thompson’s River6 Packhorsing between the Fraser and the Columbia: From Thompson’s River to Okanagan7 Boating down the Columbia: The Easy Leg from Okanagan to Walla Walla8 Boating down the Columbia: The Hard Leg from Walla Walla to the SeaPart 3: The Incoming Brigade9 At the Sea: The “Grand Depot” and “General Rendezvous”10 Boating up the Columbia: The Hard Leg from the Sea to Walla Walla11 Boating up the Columbia: The Easy Leg from Walla Walla to Okanagan12 Packhorsing between the Columbia and the Fraser: From Okanagan to Thompson’s River13 Packhorsing over the Mountain: From Thompson’s River to Alexandria14 Canoeing up the Fraser: From Alexandria to Stuart’s LakeEpilogueAppendixes1 Chief Factor William Connolly’s Journal of the Brigade from New Caledonia to Fort Vancouver and Return, May 5-September 23, 18262 Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease’s Journal of the Brigade from New Caledonia to Fort Vancouver and Return, May 7-September 13, 1831NotesBibliographyIndex