Uncharted Territory: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau

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    David Thompson is revered as a national hero in Canada, but is less well known to Americans. "Uncharted Territory: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau" focuses on the years 1807-1812, the time that Thompson spent primarily in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and northwestern United States, and the significant contributions that he made to the history of the American Northwest.
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Komentáře • 833

  • @murrayreid2644
    @murrayreid2644 Před 5 lety +93

    What this doc missed is Thompson and life partner had about 10 children and he didn't abandoned them and go back to Englan like many traders. anyone who enjoyed this should read about Peter Fiddler who was almost as prolific map maker but got little credit.

    • @mainstmechanical7932
      @mainstmechanical7932 Před 2 lety +3

      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! 😂🤦

    • @davidthompson7817
      @davidthompson7817 Před rokem +2

      Thanks for the info,
      The David Thompson

    • @GottaWannaDance
      @GottaWannaDance Před rokem +2

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

    • @randyp9972
      @randyp9972 Před rokem +7

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

    • @user-zp7jp1vk2i
      @user-zp7jp1vk2i Před 9 měsíci +2

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

  • @jasmineluxemburg6200
    @jasmineluxemburg6200 Před 4 lety +47

    Could not stop watching and learning. So inspiring. As someone who made my own Canoe at seventeen, and as an experienced skier with fifty years on the slopes, I was transfixed by this tale of courage and determination . Intrigued by the ways of the First Nations culture and impressed by the patient surveying skills of Thompson. Travelling as he did, over uncharted land and learning sufficient local language to get by ! He must have had great determination and patience! Maybe a manner that earned him friends along the way !

  • @zororosario
    @zororosario Před 2 lety +3

    Beautiful ❤️ music to this Excellent video! Thanks

  • @edwinthompson6510
    @edwinthompson6510 Před 5 lety +47

    Hi i was born in 1941 in Northern Utah as a kid went out on camping adventures into Idaho it was wild grizzly bear mountain lion country rafting down Bear river we were mountain men haha all great kids stuff David Thompson was one brave pioneer tanks for the {posting............... Edwin John Thompson...

  • @nancystevens7447
    @nancystevens7447 Před rokem +9

    My family settled around The Dallas about 1870’s,the stories of the untamed Columbia were unbelievable. Rough country for sure,beautiful and unforgiving.

  • @wayupnorth9420
    @wayupnorth9420 Před 3 lety +9

    My family ventured into the wilds of The northwest in the 1870’s winding up in Murray, Idaho. Been here ever since.

  • @klartdesi521
    @klartdesi521 Před 2 lety +15

    This man was a genius, he should get a lot more recognition in history books.

  • @robertmecalis7189
    @robertmecalis7189 Před 5 lety +23

    This is where my heart lives. Wonderful documentary.

    • @banderas2000
      @banderas2000 Před 3 lety

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

  • @jamesroyal1739
    @jamesroyal1739 Před 5 lety +31

    Can u image being 14 and learning all of this so fast , what drove him so hard , his bravery must have shown on his face and actions , his Indian peers must have been mesmerized by his person ,his communication must have been conveniencing, and commanding, a power beyond our imagination

    • @romrom331
      @romrom331 Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @rosolenn
      @rosolenn Před 2 lety +1

      @@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.

    • @rosolenn
      @rosolenn Před 2 lety +2

      @@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.

    • @dontfit6380
      @dontfit6380 Před 2 lety

      @@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.

    • @user-zp7jp1vk2i
      @user-zp7jp1vk2i Před 9 měsíci

      @@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.

  • @JohnnyRebKy
    @JohnnyRebKy Před 4 lety +14

    Geez I get froze just walking to the mail box! Those people were a total different breed of human

  • @manicmayhem350
    @manicmayhem350 Před 12 lety +29

    I live in Rocky Mountain House and have toured the trading post, was very cool to see this documentary

  • @rudolfboukal1538
    @rudolfboukal1538 Před 4 lety +29

    Amazing documentary about an amazing explorer! David Thompson - one of my heros. intelligent, kind, respectful, adventurous, studious, brave. Read Jack Nesbitt's books - they are quite the story and well written. Thanks for sharing and posting this wonderful program!!

  • @Tigerbythetoe
    @Tigerbythetoe Před 2 lety +32

    People like Thomson lived in a time when there was so much out there to discover, and the allure must have been so intoxicating. I try to imagine what kinds of skills that a person would need to make their way through such unforgiving territory. Not to mention the character of such an incredible individual. A lot of people today have little idea how difficult it really was to get out into the wilderness, blaze trails, make maps and somehow survive all of the dangers. I have a huge amount of respect for such a person that would take on such an endeavor, and with gear that seems so primitive by today’s standards. Not to mention the importance of being able to depend upon the person next to you as well. People think of taming the wilderness as something so distant from what it actually was. Like back then you just chopped down trees and shot everything that moved and you were good. We used to romanticize people like Thomson.

    • @davidthompson7817
      @davidthompson7817 Před rokem

      Thank you for your kind words,
      The David Thompson

    • @GottaWannaDance
      @GottaWannaDance Před rokem

      An open mind helps ...
      ... Tremendously

    • @davidthompson7817
      @davidthompson7817 Před rokem

      Thompson

    • @KneeSlice1775
      @KneeSlice1775 Před 9 měsíci +1

      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.

  • @69adrummer
    @69adrummer Před 8 lety +255

    Imagine seeing that country in it's raw unspoiled form! Damn, it's beautiful now but back then...man it must have smelled so good and been soo quiet!

    • @UnderAlog572
      @UnderAlog572 Před 5 lety +17

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

    • @trevorstolz8580
      @trevorstolz8580 Před 5 lety +21

      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.

    • @macioluko9484
      @macioluko9484 Před 5 lety +7

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

    • @brianronne2060
      @brianronne2060 Před 5 lety

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

    • @trevorstolz8580
      @trevorstolz8580 Před 5 lety +4

      @@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

  • @pspboy7
    @pspboy7 Před 9 lety +224

    David Thompson, the most underrated explorer in North American history.

    • @justathought973
      @justathought973 Před 6 lety +14

      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

    • @dallasmcnally8913
      @dallasmcnally8913 Před 6 lety +3

      WeLikeItLikeThis very cool stuff, have you any relics?

    • @MasiukA
      @MasiukA Před 6 lety +2

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

    • @davidethompson1271
      @davidethompson1271 Před 6 lety +12

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

    • @HomeMoviesdotCa
      @HomeMoviesdotCa Před 5 lety +2

      Wow, did not know that story, thanks

  • @rodneyjsnider8540
    @rodneyjsnider8540 Před 5 lety +25

    That was a fantastic film, I have acquired a 1938 copy of "The Native Tribes of British Columbia" authored by Alice Ravenhill. It is so nice to gain further knowledge of the Pacific Region and why we could use additional documentaries of these prehistoric and primitive people to further define how, when and where they migrated from? Excellent representation of David Thompson!

    • @GuantanamoBayBarbie3
      @GuantanamoBayBarbie3 Před rokem +4

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

    • @taulpaul5112
      @taulpaul5112 Před rokem

      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?

  • @tedhawk211
    @tedhawk211 Před 5 lety +8

    This is one of the best documentaries I've seen in a very long time I'm just glad I found it I would like to see more of this type of documentaries can't get enough of those old photos of the equipment the tribal people all that's just great

  • @sandyhartjr1560
    @sandyhartjr1560 Před 3 lety +9

    This needs to be made into a movie about David Thompson wow !

    • @jessbailey6718
      @jessbailey6718 Před 3 lety

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

  • @corinnehill8565
    @corinnehill8565 Před 3 lety +4

    I am so excited to watch this program... Because I am part Kootney an Shuswap...
    Mostly Flathead an Umpqua from Oregon where I now live...
    I am loving this program ... Thank you
    I have spent a lot of time with my family there... I now live i

  • @tommeredith7079
    @tommeredith7079 Před 3 lety +9

    What a life Mr. Thompson lived. An adventurous man who accomplished so much in his lifetime. Earning his living in the fur trade made it possible for him to explore uncharted territory that in his time was nothing short of amazing.

    • @jockkinne2768
      @jockkinne2768 Před 2 lety +1

      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.

    • @davidthompson7817
      @davidthompson7817 Před rokem

      @@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.

    • @davidthompson7817
      @davidthompson7817 Před rokem +1

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

  • @patrickbush9526
    @patrickbush9526 Před 3 lety +11

    What an amazing story. It held me Spellbound throughout. Bravo and kudos to the makers of this documentary

  • @Paleoman
    @Paleoman Před 6 lety +9

    This guy deserves more recognition.

  • @starmanskye
    @starmanskye Před 6 lety +24

    WoW ~ What an incredible Yoyageur David Thompson was. I never realized before who he was despite all my readings of early travelers, traders and explorers. VERY well done with great watercolor illustrations. ~ Good watching, informative and entertaining. Cheers!

    • @briankoski2532
      @briankoski2532 Před 4 lety +1

      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.

  • @murchadha1
    @murchadha1 Před 3 lety +5

    My best friend and best man was related to Thompson. RIP Kevin .

  • @JackHaveman52
    @JackHaveman52 Před 3 lety +4

    I just started reading the book "Epic Wanderer" about the life of Thompson when I got the CZcams recommendation. What a coincidence. I'm still going to read the book, though.

    • @romrom331
      @romrom331 Před 2 lety

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

    • @JackHaveman52
      @JackHaveman52 Před 2 lety

      @@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.

  • @villagelightsmith4375
    @villagelightsmith4375 Před 5 lety +7

    I've canoed some of the upper North Saskatchewan R. from Nordegg crossing to Rocky (Mountain House). It is good. That old river still flows, as it has for millenia, out from under the glaciers and ice fields. We had the privilege of meeting Bill Mason on the other side of the mountain, though we didn't know who he was at the time. Even so, I was at the time impressed that I had crossed the path of a true gentleman ... one of the great men.

    • @sandyconway4953
      @sandyconway4953 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @paulbaker3144
      @paulbaker3144 Před 3 lety +1

      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.

  • @andrewburgess633
    @andrewburgess633 Před 5 lety +22

    fantastic documentary- the landscapes, the paintings, the canoes- wow! Phenomenal story too. Thank you for posting this

    • @donjarrett9485
      @donjarrett9485 Před 2 lety

      They were before Lewis Clark.

    • @davidthompson7817
      @davidthompson7817 Před rokem

      You’re welcome,
      The David Thompsom

    • @davidthompson7817
      @davidthompson7817 Před rokem

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

    • @davidthompson7817
      @davidthompson7817 Před rokem

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

  • @bradmiller2329
    @bradmiller2329 Před 5 lety +10

    I am in awe -- history is a hobby, and I never even HEARD of this guy!

    • @briankoski2532
      @briankoski2532 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @margyeoman3564
      @margyeoman3564 Před 6 měsíci

      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.

  • @fatfreddyscat5173
    @fatfreddyscat5173 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent vid. Thanks much for the efforts in making it available.. d:^)

  • @thomvogan3397
    @thomvogan3397 Před 3 lety +17

    The French voyageurs had already established well travelled routes from eastern Canada to the Athabascan region. Alexander Mackenzie had already made his way from Athabasca to the Pacific in 1793 and is another great story

    • @FuzzyDunlots
      @FuzzyDunlots Před 2 lety +4

      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.

    • @jeslar
      @jeslar Před rokem

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

  • @NW_Ranger
    @NW_Ranger Před 6 lety +7

    I conquer with the accolades already given for this video. Thank you for its production and for posting it here!

    • @alasdairblackmore2592
      @alasdairblackmore2592 Před 4 lety +3

      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.

    • @KermitFrazierdotcom
      @KermitFrazierdotcom Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @alexanderlittle9786
    @alexanderlittle9786 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome story. Native americans are amazing and this intermingling of the old world and new explains complexities of the situation that go beyond simply labeling one the oppressor and the other defenseless oppressed children utterly incapable of the challenges facing them. So patronizing.
    The event that made me believe in ghosts happened very close to the part of the story in which much of this story takea place. By kalispell montana i saw a huge native man in early 19th century clothing. He even had a large dog resembling a shepherd or husky. He looked at me as if i were the ghost and i thought he was a robber or drunk who wandered in however impossible that would have been in the winter

  • @fergalfarrelly8545
    @fergalfarrelly8545 Před 6 lety +10

    David thompson. One of my biggest heros. He learned languages by simply starting with english words starting with A and finding translations then as many B words then C words...lol

  • @catdaddy3302
    @catdaddy3302 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh God! I would’ve loved to have lived there in 1806.

  • @larrysdesk
    @larrysdesk Před 3 lety +12

    Some journeys overlooked as when he traveled through British Columbia and first saw the Kootenay Columbia at present day Castlegar. There is a statue there marking his presence.

    • @73Goodfellow
      @73Goodfellow Před 3 lety +2

      There is a statue of him in Invermere, too.

  • @A.C._Taylor
    @A.C._Taylor Před 4 lety +4

    Was just having a rest stop at a spot located on the North Saskatchewan River, just west of Rocky Mountain House. Amazing to think that some of that history happened right around where I’m sitting, well over 200 years ago. Well, time to get back on the trail myself. Cheers everyone.

    • @timeno1763
      @timeno1763 Před 2 lety

      Stan Rogers
      Northwest Passage
      More than one driver's favorites.
      czcams.com/video/TVY8LoM47xI/video.html

  • @sonoffrank6299
    @sonoffrank6299 Před 4 lety +36

    This type of frontier history is fascinating

    • @listennow5261
      @listennow5261 Před 3 lety

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

    • @listennow5261
      @listennow5261 Před 3 lety

      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.

  • @justemail390
    @justemail390 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks for this, hes a great great something grandfather of mine

  • @jessarellanes6648
    @jessarellanes6648 Před 3 lety +16

    This is a great history lesson, I loved it.

  • @ronnietodd6054
    @ronnietodd6054 Před 3 lety +4

    When Lewis and Clark used your map for The Corp of Discovery, be assured of this great man David Thompsons accomplishments!! What an INNOVATOR OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FRONTIER!!!

  • @Faradiddle
    @Faradiddle Před 2 lety +1

    Some Humans are exceptional and ahead of their 'time'...Thompson was one such Human.

  • @antonkider5872
    @antonkider5872 Před 4 lety +3

    What magnificent documentary. Thank you for uploading it.

  • @johnfarrier715
    @johnfarrier715 Před rokem +1

    I’ve watched this entire video at least 4 times and it’s still good.

    • @thomasfarley6052
      @thomasfarley6052 Před rokem +1

      I concur

    • @ksps_pbs
      @ksps_pbs  Před rokem +1

      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.

  • @missfriscowin3606
    @missfriscowin3606 Před 3 lety +2

    I go to Rocky Mountain House almost every weekend. 😁. It is still very wild and the North Saskatchewan River is mighty as ever. Great to learn more about this beautiful country I live in. Thanks 🙏 for this great video.

  • @thomasfarley6052
    @thomasfarley6052 Před rokem +4

    This story had me on the edge of my seat all the way thru. Very interesting and educational

  • @servicarrider
    @servicarrider Před 12 lety +7

    I enjoyed this program very much. Thank you.

  • @TruthAboutHeaven
    @TruthAboutHeaven Před 2 lety +1

    Very enjoyable video to watch. Thanks all for making it available!

  • @wolfganggugelweith8760
    @wolfganggugelweith8760 Před 3 lety +25

    Extremely interesting for me as European. Perhaps after my retirement next Year I will go there again. I hope this man had no encounter with a Sasquatch. Greetings from LINZ/AUSTRIA 🇦🇹🏔🛶🍺🥨🐺 Europe!

    • @mudlotus7838
      @mudlotus7838 Před 3 lety +3

      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.

    • @mudlotus7838
      @mudlotus7838 Před 3 lety +1

      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.

    • @weplayatnight3913
      @weplayatnight3913 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mudlotus7838 will you go camping there again?

    • @mudlotus7838
      @mudlotus7838 Před 2 lety

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

    • @yukoncornileus4
      @yukoncornileus4 Před 2 lety

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

  • @jimtucker1631
    @jimtucker1631 Před 5 lety +8

    What a wonderfully well-done, produced and informative documentary. Thank you.

  • @coreyhunt2822
    @coreyhunt2822 Před 3 lety +4

    What a great history. Thanks to my old classmate Jim Zimmer. Since I was secretly allowed to graduate high school without taking Pacific Northwest History,, I have tried to study this subject on my own. I feel obliged since Mr Longshore made me promise to do this in 1976.

    • @craftycriminalistwithms.z3053
      @craftycriminalistwithms.z3053 Před 2 lety

      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?

  • @fernandodoria8717
    @fernandodoria8717 Před rokem +1

    David Thompson shows us that Indigenous people and Europeans can learn from, and support each other.

  • @francoriaanabrahams8311
    @francoriaanabrahams8311 Před 2 lety +2

    Ibrealy liked this documentary 👍❤️🇨🇩

  • @DaMav
    @DaMav Před 8 lety +15

    Fascinating! Well done video, thank you.

  • @jerome2022
    @jerome2022 Před rokem +1

    And 1978 my family got travel here, beautiful.

  • @dezzylele23
    @dezzylele23 Před 4 lety +1

    I've been blessed to have horsebacked on overnight, off trail adventures, in the Black Hills, the Badlands and the northern Cascades. Horsebacking into the Canadian Rockies, going in for weeks (or forever!) at a time, is my ULTIMATE bucket list goal. That's where my heaven is. The only thing that would make it better would be to have my love (D) and my kids out there enjoying it with me!

    • @swirvinbirds1971
      @swirvinbirds1971 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @mikerichards7515
      @mikerichards7515 Před 4 dny

      Thanks for talking about yourself. Not.

  • @APreacher
    @APreacher Před 13 lety +67

    Really enjoyed this. Growing up in the US I'd never heard of Thompson until today.

    • @kimholmes229
      @kimholmes229 Před 7 lety +3

      Aaron Preacher 99)]

    • @yaddahaysmarmalite4059
      @yaddahaysmarmalite4059 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @joseph_the_human
      @joseph_the_human Před 4 lety +3

      @@yaddahaysmarmalite4059 Ah*Mer*kah!!!

    • @erikgriswold5273
      @erikgriswold5273 Před 3 lety +11

      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..

    • @leonardmartin4386
      @leonardmartin4386 Před 3 lety +8

      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

  • @Schtekberg
    @Schtekberg Před 6 lety +3

    Great documentary! Thanks a lot for uploading this!

  • @gregbors8364
    @gregbors8364 Před 28 dny

    David Thompson was not only s prolific explorer and mapmaker, but also once scored 73 points in an NBA game

  • @robertthomas4329
    @robertthomas4329 Před 6 lety +4

    Amazing. Thank you

  • @cynthiaroybal9371
    @cynthiaroybal9371 Před 3 lety +2

    Big Thanks I have not ever heard about David Thomas at 12 years old in learning about surveying then from the Cred also. I really enjoyed this video. Why doesn't anyone today don't mention Thomas & his most I think important information, because it's not just surveying of work he did. Thank you again ☺️

    • @grantkruse1812
      @grantkruse1812 Před 2 lety

      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.

  • @nautilus1872
    @nautilus1872 Před 5 lety +13

    David Thompson or his real name Dafydd ap Thomas a great explorer from a proud Welsh family to one of the greatest nations on earth.

  • @JohnSmith-ri5gx
    @JohnSmith-ri5gx Před 3 lety +5

    A great thanks to everyone involved in this production you made it possible for me to live up to my motto learn something new every day

  • @jimtucker1631
    @jimtucker1631 Před 5 lety +2

    KSPS, you Rock, Jim and Co. Jim T., former student assistant, 2005-06, now retired in Mexico.

  • @foundationx4
    @foundationx4 Před 8 lety +11

    fascinating, thank you

  • @LeaHendersonNeider
    @LeaHendersonNeider Před 3 lety +1

    truly amazing. Thank you.

  • @jpstenino
    @jpstenino Před 8 lety +9

    Excellent and valuable video production. thank you

  • @madelinebergeron1157
    @madelinebergeron1157 Před 3 lety +1

    WTH...Amazing explorers,just incredible,tuff people.Love it !!

  • @mikerhodes3563
    @mikerhodes3563 Před 3 lety +5

    As a trapper in the 50’s and 60’s in Louisiana and living with the Houmas I learned to appreciate and sometimes suffer their habits - I don’t regret a minute

    • @GrottoGroveGroves
      @GrottoGroveGroves Před 3 lety +2

      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.

  • @germaineprien7691
    @germaineprien7691 Před 3 lety +1

    Very nicely done, a breath of fresh air from our rich cultural heritage!!! Love these documentaries!!!👍😀

  • @giuseppelogiurato5718
    @giuseppelogiurato5718 Před 5 lety +11

    10:00 I'm enjoying the Scots fiddle music... One doesn't often hear something like a Strathspey/Reel in a TV show unless it is in a show specifically about Scotland. 👍

  • @mjc11a
    @mjc11a Před 4 lety +7

    Interesting documentary and some impressive cinematography! Thanks for posting.

  • @barryluft4451
    @barryluft4451 Před 3 lety

    Excellent production. I grew up near Red Deer, Alberta, known as "David Thompson Country".
    I very much enjoyed this documentary of David Thompson, whom we learned about in grade school (and promptly forgot) along with other explorers like Peter Findlay and Alexander Mackenzie.
    Very interesting and well produced, thank you.

  • @Thelonelyscavenger
    @Thelonelyscavenger Před 13 lety +21

    Great story, thanks for posting!

  • @tonnywildweasel8138
    @tonnywildweasel8138 Před 6 lety +6

    Great doc, thanks for sharing, and greets from the Netherlands!

  • @jimbo3779
    @jimbo3779 Před 2 lety +1

    Kootenai Falls was one location where The Reverant was filmed. Leonardo DeCaprio escaped the Indians by jumping into the Kootenai River and going over the Falls!

  • @wayneperreault9126
    @wayneperreault9126 Před 5 lety +13

    What a fascinating documentary Thompsons life's work. None of us here imagine how difficult life was back then. What was amazing to me, how much distance he covered on foot or by water. Clearly journey into British Columbia was a pond land that was untouched by man. You got to wonder what that must have been like for all those involved.. I just can't help to wonder about his trek and all the new things he saw and heard. Did he see or hear anything he could not explain? Did any of his native guides talk to David about the boss of the mountains and forest. I just wondering if any of his writes site a creature or creatures he couldn't explain.

    • @selfpropelled8916
      @selfpropelled8916 Před 4 lety

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

    • @selfpropelled8916
      @selfpropelled8916 Před 4 lety +1

      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.

  • @jackblackpowderprepper4940

    I live in north eastern Washington near the Pend Orielle river. The area is riddled with historical markers in his honor.

  • @CLombardi11
    @CLombardi11 Před 3 lety

    These documentaries are so much better like this with no acting/scenes

  • @MrBenson1956
    @MrBenson1956 Před 6 lety +3

    Very well done, thank you

  • @terrenceritchie4013
    @terrenceritchie4013 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks. A documentary almost as beautiful as the country he charted. Beautiful. Informative. Well done.

  • @existinthenow7443
    @existinthenow7443 Před 2 lety

    I must have listened to this 10 times. It's so well done

  • @dancooper8551
    @dancooper8551 Před 3 měsíci

    Throughly enjoyed this!

  • @BlueBaron3339
    @BlueBaron3339 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Very enlightening! Had Canada become the economic, political, military, and cultural force that their southern neighbors later became, David Thompson would be an immense historical figure rather than an obscure one. His achievements are objectively monumental. History, alas, is not objective. Never has been. One has to wonder if it ever could be.

  • @billpeart
    @billpeart Před 7 lety +24

    This is phenomenal!!!

  • @stephenmccandless5113
    @stephenmccandless5113 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I have traveled along the path.....Down the Kootenai. Where it travels from B.C.. I live on a mountain above.

  • @danwaltz315
    @danwaltz315 Před 3 lety +3

    he was an amazing person.

  • @Annur375
    @Annur375 Před 3 lety +1

    Magnificent program, lovely and educational. Thanks for sharing it.

  • @peterrowe6055
    @peterrowe6055 Před 3 lety

    David Thompson was a giant in the historical narrative of the European exploration of North America, and yet the number of Canadians or Americans for that matter who even know who he was let alone what his contributed to our present day society was is so incredibly small as to be insignificant. This is a story shows how diverse cultures can come together to forge a better future for all. This is a lesson that we can still all benefit from.

  • @joshgrimes9554
    @joshgrimes9554 Před 7 lety +8

    Wow, this was great! Very enjoyable.

  • @khizarsiddiqui9794
    @khizarsiddiqui9794 Před 3 lety

    Wonderful! An amazing man, stunning scenery, and fantastic period art work. Well worth your time!

  • @kathrynwells5936
    @kathrynwells5936 Před 4 měsíci

    Excellent. Fasinating. Packed with great illustrations

  • @mikemccartneyable
    @mikemccartneyable Před 5 lety +4

    That was super to watch.

  • @chronicawareness9986
    @chronicawareness9986 Před 4 lety +3

    i love this documentary, excellent

  • @peonerw
    @peonerw Před 2 lety

    very awesome video, was pretty neat to hear him talk about my people the San Poil!

  • @jbrobertson6052
    @jbrobertson6052 Před 5 lety +3

    I really enjoyed this thank you

  • @victorcastle1840
    @victorcastle1840 Před 6 lety +17

    A amazing man of describable,strength, knowledge and ability to adjust to conditions,natives and to learn languages.
    I just wish it would have mentioned his wife and children when they said, he retired from the trade or what happened to them.

    • @randomuser6306
      @randomuser6306 Před 4 lety +7

      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.

  • @randyjohnson5426
    @randyjohnson5426 Před 3 lety +2

    I would have loved to been alive in those days to see such pristine and unspoiled wilderness......someone build a time machine already...

  • @victorpearson1418
    @victorpearson1418 Před 6 lety +41

    Check out Ray Mears "Northern Wilderness " for a wonderful tribute to David Thompson .

    • @Svernon2k41
      @Svernon2k41 Před 5 lety +5

      czcams.com/video/uJC4YZfJLXA/video.html

    • @rpm1796
      @rpm1796 Před 4 lety

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

    • @markbrakebill1057
      @markbrakebill1057 Před 3 lety

      @@Svernon2k41 appreciate your help

  • @nnj6918
    @nnj6918 Před 3 lety +1

    I can't believe I've never heard of this brilliant gentleman

  • @kazuwilliams5222
    @kazuwilliams5222 Před 9 lety +2

    thank you.