Final Assignment

From the first moment Tracy told us our  final assignment, I knew exactly what mine was going to be on. My life in Northern British Columbia has always included the outdoors. I love hiking, fishing, and finding new places. My dad went to Fort St. James over 10 years ago as a chaperone for my sister’s grade 4 class. He came back with stories about the journeys that the fur traders made. Even as a seven or eight year old, these stories blew me away. How could men in canoes travel hundreds of kilometers on the Skeena river? How could they portage hundreds of pounds of furs over large stretches of land? Needless to say, the stories stuck with me ever since. I will undoubtedly tell my kids the stories when I’m older. So the second I had a choice of what to study, my mind jumped to the fur traders of Northern BC. I was amazed about how much new information I found. I had obviously considered myself an expert, but the detail I found in Fraser’s journals, and the other articles blew me away. I was amazed by how accurately the articles could write about this era. I’m glad it’s a well documented era, because it is truly the origination of my homeland, which I love more than anything. I have traveled many places, including California, Europe, and Hawaii. Despite the beauty in these places, I wouldn’t trade my home for anything. I was very thankful for the opportunity to learn about how it came to be.

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