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THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, AND PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
#Blogpost In 1859, Royal Engineer Lieutenant Henry Spencer Palmer rode over the brigade trail to Fort Colvile, at the side of Angus McDonald. This story begins at the junction of the #Tulameen River with the #Similkameen -- in other words, where #Princeton #BC stands today. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory nancymargueriteanderson.com/si

The k’niPatn k’l⌣ stk’masqt outrigger (KKO) telescope.

The site is on the traditional territory of the #Similamix People in #BritishColumbia. The Upper #Similkameen #Indian Band offered the name, which means “a listening device for outer space”.

arxiv.org/abs/2402.07898

This #telescope aims to add VLBI-localization capabilities (host #galaxy identification) to #CHIME, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment radiotelescope (chime-experiment.ca/).