David Sbur
32 Cal.
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For all you HBC folks, June 17, 18th at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, NPS, will have their annual Brigade Encampment. If you would like to visit I heartily reccomend stopping by. If you want to participate and have correct equipment and perhaps a persona then I would encourage you to contact Kimm Fox-Middleton at
[email protected] as she is the volunteer coordinator for the event.
Schedule of Activities as of 4/30/06
10:00 Camps open to the Public
10:30 Arrival of the Furs-(South Gate)
11:30 & 2:30pm Tools of the Trade-Blackpowder Program
12:00-4:00 Apprentice Engagé- All ages
Cultural Demonstrations
Tool Making (Carpenter and Blacksmith Shops)
12:00 Noon The Many Uses of the Swivel Gun
12:30-4:30 Contract Signing-Counting House
Laundry and cooking
Fire making
Cordage manufacture
Learning Chinook Jargon
Wood gathering
1:00-3:30 pm A Closer Look at Fort Vancouver and the Fur Brigades by the (Saturday only) Public History Field School (Behind the Contact Station)
2:30 pm Tools of the Trade- Blackpowder Program
5:00 pm Camps closes to the public
[email protected] as she is the volunteer coordinator for the event.
Schedule of Activities as of 4/30/06
10:00 Camps open to the Public
10:30 Arrival of the Furs-(South Gate)
11:30 & 2:30pm Tools of the Trade-Blackpowder Program
12:00-4:00 Apprentice Engagé- All ages
Cultural Demonstrations
Tool Making (Carpenter and Blacksmith Shops)
12:00 Noon The Many Uses of the Swivel Gun
12:30-4:30 Contract Signing-Counting House
Laundry and cooking
Fire making
Cordage manufacture
Learning Chinook Jargon
Wood gathering
1:00-3:30 pm A Closer Look at Fort Vancouver and the Fur Brigades by the (Saturday only) Public History Field School (Behind the Contact Station)
2:30 pm Tools of the Trade- Blackpowder Program
5:00 pm Camps closes to the public
