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THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
John Work and Peter Skene Ogden continue their descent of the Columbia River in two small canoes. This is the first time Work has been West of the Rockies, and he describes vividly what he sees here. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #BCHistory #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/arrow-lakes/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
John Work and Peter Skene Ogden continue their descent of the Columbia River in two small canoes. This is the first time Work has been West of the Rockies, and he describes vividly what he sees here. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #BCHistory #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/arrow-lakes/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
John Work and Peter Skene Ogden continue their descent of the Columbia River in two small canoes. This is the first time Work has been West of the Rockies, and he describes vividly what he sees here. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #BCHistory #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/arrow-lakes/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
John Work and Peter Skene Ogden continue their descent of the Columbia River in two small canoes. This is the first time Work has been West of the Rockies, and he describes vividly what he sees here. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #BCHistory #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/arrow-lakes/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
John Work and Peter Skene Ogden continue their descent of the Columbia River in two small canoes. This is the first time Work has been West of the Rockies, and he describes vividly what he sees here. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #BCHistory #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/arrow-lakes/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
At the top of the Tulameen Plateau and just above Rhododendron Flats, Anderson's Tree (which of course was named for Alexander Anderson) sits on the edge of a mountain lake. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/andersons-tree/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1823, John Work and Peter Skene Ogden came down the raging Columbia River in small wooden canoes. Here is John Work's journal telling how these two men "fell" down the Columbia on their way to #Spokane House, their destination. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #WAHistory #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/twentieth-leg/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1823, John Work and Peter Skene Ogden came down the raging Columbia River in small wooden canoes. Here is John Work's journal telling how these two men "fell" down the Columbia on their way to #Spokane House, their destination. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #WAHistory #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/twentieth-leg/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1823, John Work and Peter Skene Ogden came down the raging Columbia River in small wooden canoes. Here is John Work's journal telling how these two men "fell" down the Columbia on their way to #Spokane House, their destination. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #WAHistory #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/twentieth-leg/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1823, John Work and Peter Skene Ogden came down the raging Columbia River in small wooden canoes. Here is John Work's journal telling how these two men "fell" down the Columbia on their way to #Spokane House, their destination. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #WAHistory #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/twentieth-leg/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1823, John Work and Peter Skene Ogden came down the raging Columbia River in small wooden canoes. Here is John Work's journal telling how these two men "fell" down the Columbia on their way to #Spokane House, their destination. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #WAHistory #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/twentieth-leg/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Alexander Anderson led his men from #FortLangley to the place where the future Fort Hope would be constructed. East of that place, he and his men followed the Sumallo River to the historic Rhododendron Flats -- a unique grove of California Rhododendron. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/rhododendron-flats/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1846, Anderson returned to #Kamloops via the Fraser River east of #FortLangley. Here is his journal, following his trail up the Nicolum River and through the valley that the Hope Slide now blocks. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicolum-river-hope-slide/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1846, Anderson returned to #Kamloops via the Fraser River east of #FortLangley. Here is his journal, following his trail up the Nicolum River and through the valley that the Hope Slide now blocks. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicolum-river-hope-slide/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1846, Anderson returned to #Kamloops via the Fraser River east of #FortLangley. Here is his journal, following his trail up the Nicolum River and through the valley that the Hope Slide now blocks. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicolum-river-hope-slide/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1846, Anderson returned to #Kamloops via the Fraser River east of #FortLangley. Here is his journal, following his trail up the Nicolum River and through the valley that the Hope Slide now blocks. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicolum-river-hope-slide/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1846, Anderson returned to #Kamloops via the Fraser River east of #FortLangley. Here is his journal, following his trail up the Nicolum River and through the valley that the Hope Slide now blocks. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicolum-river-hope-slide/

Huge #OrangeShirt #memorial to honour all the native kids' lives lost in the cruel #ResidentialSchool system.
On the site of one of the worst in Canada - #Namgis territory, #AlertBay. It was called St. Michael's Indian Residential School. It was demolished in 2015. #Umista Cultural Center sits on the old site. #Indigenous peoples have reclaimed their land there & are trying to heal from colonial abuses.

We have racists in #Canada who are currently dishonouring the victims of residential schools by denying survivors' histories & saying mass graves are a lie. This is so wrong. We owe the ones who died & the living survivors support & reparations. Please don't let folks use denialism around you - confront them & stand up for the victims & survivors.

Relevant links:
https://collections.irshdc.ubc.ca/Detail/objects/518

https://orangeshirtday.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Indian_Residential_School_(Alert_Bay)

https://www.umista.ca/

https://www.7generations.org/what-is-every-child-matters/

#IndigenousChildren #ColonialCrimes #ColonialViolence #ChurchAbuses #RacialViolence #IndigenousGenocide #EveryChildMatters #BelieveVictims #SupportSurvivors #NativeChildren #IndigenousChildren #ChildAbuse #ColonialCoverUps #TruthBeforeReconcilliation #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #BritishColumbia #Canada #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CanadasGenocide #BChistory #CanadianHistory #StopRacism #SystemicRacism #SystematicAbuse

More visual memories from recent multi-day sailing adventures around the #SalishSea 😊

#SailAway #CoastalBC #Adventures #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BritishColumbia #PacificOcean #sailboat #wildlife #AbandonedPlaces #landscape #seascape #Summer #marine #nautical #LifeIsForLiving #MakingMemories #hydroelectric #BChistory #BCHydro

"Chinese and Indigenous communities have shared histories. We faced hardships together while mining for gold in the British Columbia gold rush and experiencing the rugged Canadian weather and terrain.

There are many graves on First Nations territories when Chinese people died from the flu and from the building of the railway, crushed by landslides, collapsing tunnels and premature blastings (Mittelstedt, 2014). The First Nations communities took in the Chinese railroad workers and care for their grave sites to this day (Mittelstedt, 2014). We enjoyed economic success and partnerships that were respectful and mutually beneficial (Ma, 2012). Chinese people leased lands (on First Nations) to farm and then hired Indigenous people to help farm the land (Mathur et al., 2011, p. 74). The Chinese built elaborate gold-mining operations among First Nations communities and perhaps most importantly our communities intermingled and there were many marriages between Chinese men and Indigenous women. In 1891, 98% of Chinese people in Canada lived in British Columbia (Barman, 2013, p. 1), which explains why there are such intimate ties between Chinese people and our First Nations communities in British Columbia. Unsurprisingly, one in six Chinese men created a family with a local Indigenous woman (Barman, 2013, p. 1)."

https://fccrwc.com/chinese-and-indigenous-history-relationships-canada/

#BCHistory #CanadianHistory #ChineseCanadians #Intercultural #POC #Chinese #Indigenous #Coexistence #MutualSupport #RaceRelations #DecolonizationReading #Educational #FirstNations #ChineseCanadianHistory #MixedMarriages #HistoryOfCanada #AntiRacismEducation #AsianMastodon #LearnHistory