#deathrapids — Public Fediverse posts
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YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1827:
"The sun feebly tipped the mountain-tops as we passed this place, #Revelstoke #BC, and seen through the shadowy pines, imparted a melancholy air to the whole gloomy scene.
"On the 25th we passed the Narrows of Death #DeathRapids, a terrific place in the river, which takes its name from a tragical circumstance which I have not here room to relate, when ten individuals endured almost unparalleled sufferings and were finally... #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory -
YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1827:
"The sun feebly tipped the mountain-tops as we passed this place, #Revelstoke #BC, and seen through the shadowy pines, imparted a melancholy air to the whole gloomy scene.
"On the 25th we passed the Narrows of Death #DeathRapids, a terrific place in the river, which takes its name from a tragical circumstance which I have not here room to relate, when ten individuals endured almost unparalleled sufferings and were finally... #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory -
YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1849:
"Passed the Small Dalles an hour after breakfast. #Revelstoke #BC Tracking and poling up the Rapids almost all day. Cloudy weather. Great quantities of snow and ice along the shore.
"Tuesday. Raining almost all day. Camped at the lower end of the Mauvais Rapids #DeathRapids
"Wednesday. After getting safely over the Bad Rapids we breakfast. Camped at the foot of the St. Martin Rapids. Beautiful weather. #BritishColumbia #BCHistory #HistoricJourney #Books -
YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1849:
"Passed the Small Dalles an hour after breakfast. #Revelstoke #BC Tracking and poling up the Rapids almost all day. Cloudy weather. Great quantities of snow and ice along the shore.
"Tuesday. Raining almost all day. Camped at the lower end of the Mauvais Rapids #DeathRapids
"Wednesday. After getting safely over the Bad Rapids we breakfast. Camped at the foot of the St. Martin Rapids. Beautiful weather. #BritishColumbia #BCHistory #HistoricJourney #Books