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Article: Ned McGowan's War: in the midst of the Fraser River gold rush, some Americans plotted to deliver British Columbia into the hands of their countrymen. They were very nearly successful.
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- The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
- Article date:
- February 1, 2003
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John Drummond Buchanan Ogilvy, Hudson's Bay Company factor for Fort Hope, walked quietly into the frigid night of January 17, 1859, his snowshoes softly crunching on the hard, crisp snow. Ogilvy was leading a force of Royal Engineers and Cornish Volunteers along the west side of the Fraser River to Fort Yale. A few yards to his right on the east bank was the settlement of Hill's Bar. The epicenter of the Fraser River gold rush, the settlement was the headquarters of Yankee renegades. These filibusters were plotting to overthrow British rule by drawing American army forces stationed just south of the still-disputed border into the newly founded colony of British Columbia. ...
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