![]() ![]() This definitive biography presents the picture of the unusual man in an exciting era.". Tod saw astonishing changes in the west, from the bitter warfare between the Hudsons Bay Company and the NorWesters, to settlement by pioneers and the conventions of the polite colonial society. He was also a lifelong and loyal friend to many of his fur-trade colleagues, especially John Work, the Ermatinger brothers and James Murray Yale. A spirited and prickly man he was a free thinker, impatient with authority and distrustful of many of his superiors. Belyk relates the stories of ghosts, both friendly and fearful. The ghost of a scuba diver who still haunts the former British Columbia powerhouse where he met his death. ![]() Posted all over the Companys vast territory York Factory, McLeod Lake, Fort Alexandria, Island Lake, Fort Kamloops he spent most of his years in New Caledonia. In his latest book in a series of western ghost story collections, Spirits of the West, Robert C. ![]() These true stories will persuade the reader to turn on one more light during the long, dark. Belyk relates the stories of ghosts, both friendly and fearful, who haunt museums, hotels, pubs, houses, and many other locations throughout western Canada. Born in a Scottish village in 1794, Tod spent 40 adventurous years working for the Hudsons Bay Company and in his later years, served on the first Legislative Council of the fledgling colony of Vancouver Island. In his latest book in a series of western ghost story collections, Spirits of the West, Robert C. "Canada's western wilderness was the scene of fur trader John Tod's extraordinary life. ![]()
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