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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 1826, and later in 1831, the historic HBC Brigdes made their way north from Fort Okaogan, following their old trail to Kamloops and on to #FortStJames. #TheHBCBrigades #Okanagan #Journeys #WAHistory #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-eleven/

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

THE HBC BRIGADES, BLOGPOST:
In 1846, Alexander Caulfield Anderson led an expedition from #Kamloops to #FortLangley, in the search for a new Brigade trail to the coast. Here is the story of his passage down the Lillooet River to Harrison Lake. #Explorations #Lillooet #BritishColumbia #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/lillooet-river/

#SilentSunday

#abandoned #FishCannery front #door with #window - looking into #decaying interior & the ocean beyond.

*turn phone sideways for full view*

#monochrome #BlackAndWhite #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #MyPhotography #samsung8 #CellphonePhotos #AlertBay #CormorantIsland #BCCoast #BCNorthIslands #CoastalBC #SmallTown #NamgisTerritory #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #Photography #RoadTrip #BCHistory #OldBuildings

#abandoned #AlertBay #shipyard #building - kitty corner from #NamgisTerritory original burial grounds. It's falling apart. Lots of items still left inside the locked building.

#BCShipbuilding #BChistory #CormorantIsland #BCCoast #BCNorthIslands #BritishColumbia #Canada #PNW #PacificNorthwest #GalentinesWeek #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #samsung8 #CellphonePhotos #MyPhotography

The old #AlertBay #courthouse - #built in 1923 - #multifunctional #building - operated as a #PoliceStation , #jail & RCMP housing. It's now a private residence.

#history #CormorantIsland #BCHistory #BCCoast #BCNorthIslands #BritishColumbia #Canada #PNW #PacificNorthwest #NamgisTerritory #NamgisNation #GalentinesWeek #RoadTrip

#UmistaCulturalCentre was built on grounds of now demolished St. Michael's #ResidentialSchool in #AlertBay on #CormorantIsland . Owned & run by #NamgisNation on #NamgisTerritory . It houses their #potlatch #artifacts / #regalia repatriated from colonizers who stole them. No photos inside.
www.umista.ca

#GalentinesWeek #BCHistory #CanadasUglyHistory #EveryChildMatters #Reclaimed #NeverForget #IndianAct #BritishColumbia #BCCoast #history #Reclamation #NativeUprising #IndigenousJustice #Landback