History Matters: The saga of John Rowand's bones

It was his farewell journey.
In May 1854, Hudson’s Bay Company chief factor John Rowand left Fort Edmonton with the annual spring Saskatchewan brigade. It would be his last trip down the North Saskatchewan.
Rowand planned to attend the annual council meeting at Norway House in June, say his goodbyes to old friends in the trade, and then push on to Montreal and retirement.
But during a stopover at Fort Pitt, Rowand died from an apparent heart attack. So began one of the most bizarre sagas &