Ep. 44: Learning about Joseph McKay with Greg Fraser

This episode dives into everything about Joseph Willam McKay, best known as the founder of Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island. Joseph was one of the most successful Métis men of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) in the late nineteenth century. At a time when Indigenous employees of the HBC were rarely promoted above the rank of postmaster, McKay rose to the highest rank in the company over the course of his career.