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THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The men of the incoming York Factory Express crossed the Continental Divide to the Columbia River, and descended that raging river on their way to Fort #Vancouver, their western headquarters. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #WAHistory #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nineteenth-leg/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From Anderson Lake, the exploring party under A.C. Anderson made their way west toward the lake they called Lillooet Lake. The year was 1846, and they were exploring for a new brigade trail between #Kamloops and #FortLangley #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/harrison-lillooet-trail-3/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Once they made their way past Anderson Lake, Anderson and his men stumbled across a First Nations village where the people offered them food and transportation. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/potlatch/ -
THE. YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1823, John Work and Peter Skene Ogden travelled West to the Columbia district in the years before the York Factory Express existed. At the height of the mountain range, they begin their journey on foot down the Big Hill to Boat Encampment, on the Columbia River. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twenty-two/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1846, Anderson and his small group of men followed the Fraser River down to the stream that flowed out of Seton Lake, before walking to the west along the north sores of both Seton and Anderson Lakes. They were on their way to #FortLangley, and they did arrive at the place, but the trail was not a good route. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/anderson-seton-lakes/ -
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