Uncharted Territory: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau 

DALLES.

I noticed at want point it said he wasn’t worried about them but then later abandoned pushing ahead because he was worried about them! 😂🤦

Thanks for the info, The David Thompson

@MurrayReid You're mistaken. It was inferred at the least, though there was at least one statement about them being together.

Peter Fiddler was the first European to climb a mountain in the Canadian Rockies Thunder Mountain in 1792

@@bartjenkins5036 his wife was First Nations, as we know say in Canada.

Did you ever hear of skinwalkers

Me too

True but you have to keep in mind that 14 back then was like being 21 now.

@@GVH1305 I saw something about this at the voyageur museum at Samuel de Champlain Park near Mattawa ON. This is it from wiki. "Furs were put into standard weight bundles known as pieces (bales) of 90 pounds each. The standard load for a voyageur on a portage was two bundles, or 180 lb." These men were short, just over 5', and weighed slightly more than 100 pounds. One voyageur explained why they ran with their loads. "We run because it is too painful to walk." I'm sure that Thompson lifted a finger but you're right in that he wouldn't have carried any bundles.

@@romrom331 My father was born in 1883 on a farm in northern Italy and left home to work when he was 14. That was normal everywhere in Europe and America & Canada at that time.

@@romrom331 haha 14 back then was like 30 now. Remember we’re always told when you have kids you have to let children be children. What we have today is the result of letting children be children. Perpetual adolescence.

@@rosolenn My French Cdn. grandfather has my body type: big shoulder, strong back, short legs, and strong.....and a sense of humour. Hudsons' Bay would have hired us both immediately.

Not a coincidence my friend, google is spying on you How was the book?

@@romrom331 I bought the book at a yard sale. How would google know that? Not that I'm doubting that Google is using algorithms to track my buying habits but I think yard sales are beyond even their reach....I hope. The book was excellent. I recommend it. I just checked and it's available online at Project Gutenberg, free as it is no longer under copyright.

Primitive? Not in my opinion. Different, eco-sustainable, but not primitive.

Primitive? O. K. They didn’t have electronic distractions and “modern day conveniences “, however they didn’t pollute the atmosphere, the oceans, or the earth with plastics and other harmful chemicals. With all of our “ progress & advances” we are on the verge of ending our civilization. How primitive is that?

Thank you for your kind words, The David Thompson

An open mind helps ... ... Tremendously

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MANY evil vile people had a lot of skills they used to endure harsh environments. Performing impressive feats has nothing to do with good character.

David Thompson also was exploited by Hudson Bay Company despite being a great asset for them, and died penniless as a clerk, while others made a fortune on his maps.

@@jockkinne2768 but it’s OK now. My name is in the record books for all eternity and even though our Supreme Court now say that corporations are people I don’t see any of their names written down here! He who laughs last laughs hardest! Thank you, very little. David T.

I was and still am amazing. Aye, and I Cannot die! David

@Pete it means he think's this land is his

this white man did enough damage!

Yeah, this is an awesome documentary. I learned a lot. I was born in Thompson Manitoba and now live along the Columbia River. David Thompson sounds like a man most anyone would want to hang out with. Unless they're pussies. Lol.

Google earth surprised me the other day: Lake Manitoba is gone!

No way, you met Bill Mason. I enjoyed his books, films, and art. Ive only gotten as far as N. Idaho and Montana. I wish I’d watched this video earlier so I could know more about what I was looking at. Someday want to see Canadian Rockies and the rivers Bill Mason writes about.

It all sounds so great until reality sets in... Winter, starvation, hostile tribes, disease etc etc etc...

All the film is from presemt day. It looks and smells exactly same.. Western Canada has changed little

I read a book what was the compiled histories of people who had been abducted or adopted by the natives. In one account, they saw a hole in a tree several feet above the snow but there were no animal foot prints around. The writer, writing in the 1800's, nonchalantly mentions that female bears hibernated in trees (because all the trees are big enough for that, right?), and hollowed out a hole in the tree to sleep in so that when their baby bears were born, they would be safe. I can't imagine British Colombia being just covered with huge trees like the great Red Woods of Southern California. I think it would have been amazing. In another documentary I saw, they said there were so many fish in the oceans that you could fish with a bucket. Even "Little House on the Prairie" books talk about how much game there was. Life was hard, I'm sure, but it must have been amazing to see it all. Or .... if you were wanted by the law, you could just disappear into the wilderness never to be seen again.

@@UnderAlog572 Correct. This is something the masses don't fully understand because they rarely if ever get out.

Trevor Stolz what’s the name of that book? Sounds really interesting

@@brianronne2060 Captured by the Indians: 15 Firsthand Accounts: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486249018/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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My 5th great grandfather was even more underrated, at least Canadians know whom David Thompson was. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/fidler_peter_6E.html Oh, I just got to 14:45 where they mentioned his name, cool..lol I

WeLikeItLikeThis very cool stuff, have you any relics?

That's right cousin! Peter Fidler is the underrated one, along with Philip Turnor.

He did get a Canadian postage stamp. And I am his namesake !

Wow, did not know that story, thanks

There is a statue of him in Invermere, too.

Yes, and William Bartram the naturalist from the 1700's who explored and researched the SE portion of the US.

It was the Iroquois actually. All of those dudes hopped on an Iroquois back like a backpack. And then when David Thompson got to the Rocky mountains he also got those same Iroquois who had been there for a few years already to show him what BC was about cuz they knew already. The Waniandys of Kahnawake were first.

@@FuzzyDunlots you have any books I can read about them? I would love to support

Are you sure about that ???? conquer : overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force. concur : be of the same opinion; agree.

N.W. Ranger "concur" means to agree... just saying 🛶 Vocab lerning

Yeah, it's sad that David Thompson is soo underrated. He deserves much more recognition.

Ouch! I live along the Highway named after David Thompson. And west of Rocky Mountain House to the Saskatchewan River Crossing is called David Thompson Country . I had to laugh when someone asked if Highway 11 West from Red Deer was paved. Oh dear, maybe an American.

No doubt..you miss him, terribly.

They were before Lewis Clark.

You’re welcome, The David Thompsom

@@donjarrett9485Lewis and Clark used my maps for their explorations. You’re welcome, The David Thompson

Thank you for your comments. I have had many wonderful lifetimes since my reported death. David Thompson, Highlander.

...... and the F-word???

@@chrisnielsen1767 "Boom Boom" in any man's language

I concur

Wow, thank you for watching! We're thrilled that you continue to find it enjoyable and informative. We put a lot of time and effort into our programming, and it's wonderful to hear that it's resonating with viewers like you.

You’re welcome, The David Thompson

Just know that there were millions of people being pumped up to go do that at the very same time.

People thinking there was a reset for everyone so it was a land grab with no law.....its how easterners were taught after the several wars, it was all a clean up getting ready for it again.

Hey, Hunt is a family name for me, yet I don’t know anyone passed the family member that gave it to me. ♥️ Is Hunt your last name?

Thanks for watching!

Apparently he had an encounter not directly, but his hired local guides did. It happened when he was finding his way to what would become the Athabaska Pass. His guides came across tracks that they would not follow because of how scared they were. These weren’t bear tracks or human tracks either. Of course he didn’t pay much heed, but he felt it important enough to record in his journal. You can find a write up about it on the BFRO website.

I also wild camp in a lot of the lands west of Rocky Mountain House where he travelled up the North Saskatchewan to Howe’s Pass. That whole area is called David Thompson County. I’ve had a handful of unexplainable experiences out there. It’s breathtakingly beautiful and shockingly remote in the winter. I’ve camped in places where you won’t see another person for days till you make your way back out to the main road. In those high mountain valleys you can’t help but feel watched at times.

@@mudlotus7838 will you go camping there again?

@@weplayatnight3913 oh most definitely! I live for that stuff haha

He saw sasquatch tracks. Large human like tracks, he asked the Natives what ot was, they told him sasquatch.

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Don't you know? Only USA history matters. No one else has a history. MAGA!

@@yaddahaysmarmalite4059 Ah*Mer*kah!!!

Same here. I grew up in Spokane, and only ever heard of Lewis and Clark. In school, everyone has to take a Pacific Northwest History class, and not a single mention of Thompson, who is the premier European explorer of the area. Not surprised, USA education system being what it is..

I live in North Dakota and buy a place called verendrye there is a David Thompson memorial it's near the mouse River and it's a very beautiful place.to see

Now you know so much about David Thomas....When will you learn about David Thompson? The great explorer and cartographer who has the mighty Thompson River as his namesake.

@Shawn Warn your are fucking moron. Please go fuck your self.

I did some research on David Thompson. He did encounter very large tracks in the snow that he couldn't explain. The stride was massive for human feet. He did record his finds deep in side British Columbia.

@Daver G he had a wife and three kids

I know what happened to them.... He was my great ^5 grandfather. He married Charlotte Small, and they went back to the settled area in modern eastern Canada (Toronto area) to live. He didn't get much money for his maps, a fact that he never got over. He was shunned by the high society that previously lauded him, and it was because of the racially mixed marriage. They all knew that the explorers all had native women.... But the other explorers never brought them back to civilization. David was honorable enough that he didn't care about that. He lived in relative poverty the rest of his life.

Och aye the noo Jimmy

Michael Rhodes, that must have been amazing! the atchafalaya basin is a wondrous place. even those who have explored it their entire life, can get hopelessly lost there. it's a shame that the Houmas Peoples are not federally recognized as a nation. i enjoyed those i met when i worked and played in So. La. for a decade. amazing folks who treated this hillybilly like family. you could never go hungry around them, that for sure.

And that is Wholly sad, we’re so fucking busy with our worthless Pursuits all working slaves for the dollar driven competition laden, stressed out existence

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Thanks VP.....I just checked it out...fantastic series!

@@Svernon2k41 appreciate your help