John Rae

This beautiful round box belonged to John Rae when he was working for Hudson’s Bay Company. It was kindly given [...]

On Wednesday 5th June Isaac, here, was invested into the John Rae Explorer Scouts. This was a great honour for [...]

We have been sent an interesting article by a member, Rognvald Boyd.Here is an extract:“Dr. John Rae – commemorated on [...]

The achievements and life of pioneering Scottish explorer and surveyor Dr John Rae were celebrated by the Royal Institution of [...]

This book review was first published by the Ormsby Review on https://bcbooklook.comThe bane of the British AdmiralityFinding John Rae is [...]

This year’s birthday celebrations for John Rae were considerably more complex than the previous year’s free party with live music! [...]

The Hudson’s Bay Company in Canada has done a fantastic job creating a web site commemorating some of Canada’s historic [...]

We were ushered up to the noisy, excited, throng overlooking Horse Guards Parade. I plugged in my computer and [...]

At 3.30 p.m. as the Abbey was closing to the public, the invited guests began to gather at The Great [...]