2004/07/14
ABOVE are some pics from our trip. I will send more via e-mail to Gary and anyone else who wants them.
So sorry to hear about Gary and Carol's beloved dog Chuffley see Gary's blog. Chuffley has an abscess on his throat and is in a poor way. I hope he pulls out of this one...he is not as spunky or as young as he once was.
Our trip:
We stopped at Fort Langley on our way into Vancouver. I knew that Amable Hogue had been to Fort Langley. HBC was in the process of moving the Columbia Dist. headquarters there after Fort Vancouver on the Columbia, in present day Oregon, was soon to become a part of the USA. Even though the original Fort Langley was built in 1827, it burned down in 1828. It was actually further up river from the present day fort but I still got the feeling that Amable Hogue, an ancester of mine (great, great, great grandfather), was there. Amable was a 'milieu' or 'middle paddler' for Gov. Simpson and his HBC canoe. Amable travelled to the Columbia district with Simpson twice; once in 1824/25 and once in 1828/29. I know for a fact that Amable was with Simpson when he visited Fort Langley in 1828. In 1824/25 he most probably visited Fort Vancouver on the Columbia. It was on the 1828 trip that the contingent left York Factory on the Hudsons Bay for the west and arrived at fort Langley 3 months later...and that is paddling down the Fraser River! (Simpson wanted to check out the Fraser for ease of navigation!)...imagine Hell's Gate in a canoe!...he pronounced it almost unnavigatable. Did you also know that Amable was later employed as a mason in the building of Lower Fort Gary? Well he was....ain't history great!?! He also married Gov. Simpson's 'cast off' country wife Margaret Taylor (daughter of Geo. Taylor and Jane 'Indian') who was born a half-breed on a HBC sloop?? George Taylor (HBC sloop captain) has an inscription carved in a rock at York Factory. I have to make a trip to see that someday.
After that we went on to Vancouver and met Margot at the 'Kettle of Fish' for dinner. She couldn't eat with us because she was managing that night but it was wonderful to see her. We saw her and Joel many times after that. We went to the Spanish Banks, Stanley Park, Granville Island and took the Hastings Street tour many times! We ate at the Kettle, Carderos at Coal harbour, Rileys (across from Graville Island), the Boathouse (on English Bay), Milestones (on English Bay), Mary's burgers (on Denman). We attended Lois and Brett's 25th anniversary party and had a blast. We went to Lois and Brett's beautiful home for BBQ steak and wine and a see drop o' buie (drambuie). We went to Dee and Stan's house for a nice supper and some great games. Stan seems and upright, nice, if inquisitive type of gentleman and she and he seem happy together. They live in a small two bedroom house in Surrey but said that they had no room to put us up. Its too bad that we couldn't stay with them because I remember all the times that Dee stayed with us and we had lots of fun!...
We spent the whole time in Vancouver at the Coquitlam Best Western Inn, in what seemed to be a Korean suburb of Vancouver (all signs Korean). We could have stayed with Lois and Brett had they not had a houseful of relatives in for the anniversary. We have stayed with them previously and they have stayed with us on occasion too and are very welcome to do so anytime.
Well better get to cutting the grass.....its supposed to be brown by now but the weather has been great...in the high 20s and low 30s and sun sun sun. Skeeters no problem, dispite what you hear on the news!!
Well, "Kepe No Globging"
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So sorry to hear about Gary and Carol's beloved dog Chuffley see Gary's blog. Chuffley has an abscess on his throat and is in a poor way. I hope he pulls out of this one...he is not as spunky or as young as he once was.
Our trip:
We stopped at Fort Langley on our way into Vancouver. I knew that Amable Hogue had been to Fort Langley. HBC was in the process of moving the Columbia Dist. headquarters there after Fort Vancouver on the Columbia, in present day Oregon, was soon to become a part of the USA. Even though the original Fort Langley was built in 1827, it burned down in 1828. It was actually further up river from the present day fort but I still got the feeling that Amable Hogue, an ancester of mine (great, great, great grandfather), was there. Amable was a 'milieu' or 'middle paddler' for Gov. Simpson and his HBC canoe. Amable travelled to the Columbia district with Simpson twice; once in 1824/25 and once in 1828/29. I know for a fact that Amable was with Simpson when he visited Fort Langley in 1828. In 1824/25 he most probably visited Fort Vancouver on the Columbia. It was on the 1828 trip that the contingent left York Factory on the Hudsons Bay for the west and arrived at fort Langley 3 months later...and that is paddling down the Fraser River! (Simpson wanted to check out the Fraser for ease of navigation!)...imagine Hell's Gate in a canoe!...he pronounced it almost unnavigatable. Did you also know that Amable was later employed as a mason in the building of Lower Fort Gary? Well he was....ain't history great!?! He also married Gov. Simpson's 'cast off' country wife Margaret Taylor (daughter of Geo. Taylor and Jane 'Indian') who was born a half-breed on a HBC sloop?? George Taylor (HBC sloop captain) has an inscription carved in a rock at York Factory. I have to make a trip to see that someday.
After that we went on to Vancouver and met Margot at the 'Kettle of Fish' for dinner. She couldn't eat with us because she was managing that night but it was wonderful to see her. We saw her and Joel many times after that. We went to the Spanish Banks, Stanley Park, Granville Island and took the Hastings Street tour many times! We ate at the Kettle, Carderos at Coal harbour, Rileys (across from Graville Island), the Boathouse (on English Bay), Milestones (on English Bay), Mary's burgers (on Denman). We attended Lois and Brett's 25th anniversary party and had a blast. We went to Lois and Brett's beautiful home for BBQ steak and wine and a see drop o' buie (drambuie). We went to Dee and Stan's house for a nice supper and some great games. Stan seems and upright, nice, if inquisitive type of gentleman and she and he seem happy together. They live in a small two bedroom house in Surrey but said that they had no room to put us up. Its too bad that we couldn't stay with them because I remember all the times that Dee stayed with us and we had lots of fun!...
We spent the whole time in Vancouver at the Coquitlam Best Western Inn, in what seemed to be a Korean suburb of Vancouver (all signs Korean). We could have stayed with Lois and Brett had they not had a houseful of relatives in for the anniversary. We have stayed with them previously and they have stayed with us on occasion too and are very welcome to do so anytime.
Well better get to cutting the grass.....its supposed to be brown by now but the weather has been great...in the high 20s and low 30s and sun sun sun. Skeeters no problem, dispite what you hear on the news!!
Well, "Kepe No Globging"
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