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THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
The Echimamish River was a short and shallow river which flowed from a lake on the height of land to the Hayes River. Part of the same river system also flowed to the Nelson River and Playgreen, and so the two rivers led the men from the Hayes to Norway House by crossing over a low height of land. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/landmarks-on-the-echimamish-river/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
Winter travel is easy over hard snow and ice; but when the weather begins to change and becomes warmer, then the ice melts and travel becomes not only more difficult, but more dangerous as well. And so Augustus Peers had a difficult journey from Oxford House to Norway House, at the top of the hill. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/spring-thaw/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
The HBC men did not write descriptions of the upper Hayes River, and until the English explorers such as Captain John Franklin (later Sir) came into the territory and wrote their descriptions of the river, we later historians did not know what the places on the river looked like. #Journeys #HBCHistory #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/landmarks-hayes-river-2/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1843, clerk Augustus Richard Peers arrives at Oxford House, travelling up the Hayes River by dogsled. He describes this old post and tells of the warm welcome he received. Fortunately for him, the gentleman in charge loaned him his own dog sled so he could reach Norway House. #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/oxford-house/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The height of land that the HBC men used to cross the Rocky Mountains was Athabasca Pass, at the western end of the Whirlpool River as it flowed toward #Jasper's House. In 1826, Aemilius Simpson described the pass and the lakes that lay in the middle of it. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/athabasca-pass/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
Setting up an overnight encampment in the wintertime was an interesting project, but the HBC men who travelled when it was cold and snowing were very familiar with the process. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/winter-encampment/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1828, John Work and the Fort Colvile brigades brought their goods out by the Columbia River, joining the men of the HBC Brigades at Fort Okanagan. This is the story of their difficult journey down the Columbia to Fort #Vancouver #HBCHistory #WestOfTheMountains #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-colvile-brigade/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In wintertime, there were only two reliable methods of transportation for covering long distances: Snowshoeing took strength and energy, but travelling by dog sled did not (at least for the gentleman it did not). Augustus Peers travelled to Norway House by dogsled. #HBCHistory #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/dogsled-1/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1842, clerk Augustus Peers arrived at the old headquarters of the Hudson Bay Company, York Factory, which stood on the shores of Hudson Bay itself -- He tells the story of York Factory in a manuscript he hoped to have published in London. #ThreeJourneysNorth #Manitoba #Journeys #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/york-factory/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1842, clerk Augustus Richard Peers sailed from London to York Factory, on Hudson Bay. On his way he saw icebergs, polar bears, and Inuit hunters, and described them. He also wrote about his arrival at York Factory, where he would spend his first winter. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #Manitoba #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/london-to-york-factory/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
When John Charles was killed in Athabasca Pass in 1849, on his way home with the incoming York Factory Express, two English adventurers who also travelled with the Express told the story of his death. #HBCHistory #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/john-charles-2/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The HBC men always called Yellowhead Pass the Leather Pass, because they generally received their supply of leather from #Edmonton House through this pass. However, the name only appeared in private writings and never in official correspondence, and so many people do not believe that story. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/leather-pass/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
What was the bridge on Bridge River? It was a beaverdam, and sometimes the horses crossed loaded over the dam, and sometimes they were unloaded and swum across the river, while the men packed their loads over the *bridge.* #100MileHouse #HBCBrigades #HBCHistory #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/bridge-river/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The men in the incoming York Factory Express paddle up the Athabasca River to #Jasper's House, on their way home to the Columbia River and Fort #Vancouver #WA #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #Alberta #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/eighteenth-leg/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1826, the men of the HBC brigades travel from Loon Lake north to Green Lake. It is 1843, and when they reach Green Lake they are close to rejoining their old trail first opened in 1826. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/green-lake/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In the late winter of 1846, the artist Paul Kane finally reaches #Jasper's House with the men of the incoming York Factory Express, hoping to cross the Rocky Mountains before the snow flies. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane-6/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The 1843 brigade trail would lead the men in the HBC Brigades from the old fort at #Kamloops, north and west across the top of Kamloops Lake and on to Campement a la Carabine, on Copper Creek. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/1843-brigade-trail/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
Birchbark canoes carried the early North West Company traders everywhere, but they were delicate boats and needed a lot of tender care. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/birchbark-canoes/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1823, John Work and Peter Skene Ogden travelled up the Athabasca River toward #Jasper's House, three years before the formation of the York Factory Express occurred, but travelled the same route that the Express would in future follow. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #Athabasca #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twelve/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1855, James Anderson and his small party of men continued their journey North on the Great Fish or Back River, making their way downriver to the shores of the Arctic Sea in search of Sir John Franklin's men. #HBCHistory #NorthwestTerritories #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-8/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The men of the homecoming HBC Brigades continued their journey north, by horse and packhorse, riding away from their campsite at the Similkameen Forks, where the Similkameen River flowed through rocky river beds into the #Okanagan River. #HBCHistory #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-thirteen/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
Tiny Fort Assiniboine was built on the banks of the Athabasca River in 1823. To my surprise, I have just learned that it was built at that location shortly after Governor Simpson passed through the post. Now I know why it was built where it was built. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-assiniboine/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
James Anderson and his small party of men make their way down the Great Fish or Back River, on their way to the Arctic Sea, where they will search for signs of Sir John Franklin's lost men. They are still hundreds of miles from the Arctic Sea.... #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory #NorthwestTerritories https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-7/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Once the men of the incoming HBC Brigades reached Fort #Okanagan, they transferred their packs to horses and continued their journey overland, up the broad valley of the Okanagan River to #Kamloops. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-twelve/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The artist Paul Kane, who is travelling west with the incoming #Saskatchewan brigades, leaves #Edmonton House on horseback, travelling over the #Athabasca Portage to Fort Assiniboine. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane-5/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In the next step of their journey west of the Rocky Mountains, the men of the incoming York Factory Express take horses and packhorses across the long heavily wooded portage north to Fort Assiniboine, on the Athabasca River. I was rarely if ever an easy journey over that muddy portage! #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/athabasca-portage/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
#Edmonton House was built in 1795 on the North bank of the North #Saskatchewan River, as far west as the men of the incoming brigades could travel before winter set in. The post has a huge history in the trade on the Canadian prairies, and always was an important place #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/edmonton-house/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1846, artist Paul Kane travelled west from Norway House with the incoming #Saskatchewan Brigades, and found himself at Edmonton House fairly late in the year. His journey west would continue.... #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane-4/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
From the #Edmonton House post journals we learn more about the incoming Expresses that travelled through that historic place, and of course there are sometimes stories that are told nowhere else in the surviving records. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/edmonton-post-journal/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
There were three methods of transportation for the Hudson's Bay Company on the Pacific slopes: the HBC Brigades which brought the furs down from #FortStJames to Fort #Vancouver; the York Factory Express which carried men and papers east to Hudson Bay, and the London Ships which arrived every spring on the coast. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hbc-transportation-systems/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1852, Chief Trader James Anderson travelled down the Mackenzie River toward Fort Norman, which he and another man who also visited the post then described. #HBCHistory #ThreeJourneysNorth #NWT #Journeys #NorthwestTerritories https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-norman/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1828, Governor George Simpson decided to visit the territory west of the Rockies, making his way south from the Peace River to #FortStJames and on to #Kamloops. Here is his journey to the North River over the Mountain east of the drowned Horse Lake. #Journeys #HBCHistory #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twenty-five/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1824, James McMillan's expedition north to the Fraser River left Fort George #Astoria #WA shortly after the arrival of the incoming boats that carried him into the territory. McMillan was exploring the Fraser for the location of the new #FortLangley. #HBCHistory #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fraser-river/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Tsilaxitsa was the name of the #Okanagan chief who showed Alexander Anderson his trail from the Fraser River to the height of land and the Coldwater River. He also played a role in working in the HBC Brigades in later years. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/tsilaxitsa-okanagan-chief/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Alexis Bellanger was a well known Cree/French employee on the river, but he died as the result of a gunshot would as he was bringing the boats up the Fraser River near #Quesnel. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/alexis-bellanger/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1826, James McDougall, who was the gentleman in charge of the northern headquarters of New Caledonia #FortStJames, went out of his territory by the old route, but returned by the new. He travelled from #Jasper, by Yellowhead Pass to the headwaters of the Fraser River. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-mcdougall/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The incoming HBC Brigades continue to make their way up the rapid-filled Columbia River, travelling from Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla to Fort Okanagan, on their thousand mile journey home to #FortStJames #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-eleven/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
There are two enormous gullies that force the men of the HBC Brigades to follow the river closely as they leave Fort Alexandria, and one of these they called Deep Creek -- now Haines Creek just north of #WilliamsLake #HBCHistory #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/deep-creek/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In Fall 1847, the artist Paul Kane reaches #Jaspers House, and makes his way east and south by Fort Assiniboine and #Edmonton House, where he will spend the winter. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress Happy New Year #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane-home/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
James Anderson and James Green Stewart made their way up the Back River, passing through the two Sideways Lakes -- Lake Pelly, and Lake Garry -- named for two HBC Governors who never saw these lakes. #Nunavut #BarrenGrounds #BarrenLands #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-anderson-10/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
James Anderson and James Green Stewart made their way up the Back River, passing through the two Sideways Lakes -- Lake Pelly, and Lake Garry -- named for two HBC Governors who never saw these lakes. #Nunavut #BarrenGrounds #BarrenLands #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-anderson-10/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
James Anderson and James Green Stewart made their way up the Back River, passing through the two Sideways Lakes -- Lake Pelly, and Lake Garry -- named for two HBC Governors who never saw these lakes. #Nunavut #BarrenGrounds #BarrenLands #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-anderson-10/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
James Anderson and James Green Stewart made their way up the Back River, passing through the two Sideways Lakes -- Lake Pelly, and Lake Garry -- named for two HBC Governors who never saw these lakes. #Nunavut #BarrenGrounds #BarrenLands #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-anderson-10/ -
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
James Anderson and James Green Stewart made their way up the Back River, passing through the two Sideways Lakes -- Lake Pelly, and Lake Garry -- named for two HBC Governors who never saw these lakes. #Nunavut #BarrenGrounds #BarrenLands #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-anderson-10/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1840 or so Anderson rode over the old brigade trail down the west side of the plateau to the North River. In 1842 a new trail was opened, and the old trail disappeared so quickly that no one remembered where it ran. #HBCBrigades #Journeys #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-one/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The North West Company's man in charge, John Stuart, took out the first brigades to Fort George #Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia River, in 1813. But the NWC brigades were different from the HBC Brigades: one brought in provisions, the other brought in trade goods. #HBCHistory #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/john-stuart/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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On their way home from Fort #Vancouver via #Kamloops, the incoming HBC Brigades travelled west from Horse Lake to the Bridge River, now near 100 Mile House in modern day #Cariboo. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/bridge-river/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849:
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From #Edmonton House, the incoming York Factory Express men rode on horseback, with packhorses, across the forested land that separated the fort on the North #Saskatchewan River, from Fort Assiniboine, which stood on the #Athabasca River itself. #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/athabasca-portage/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, AND PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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The third leg of Chief Factor James McMillan's long journey north, from Fort George #Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River, to the lower Fraser River via a tiny river called the Nicomekl. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicomekl-river/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, AND PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
#Newly published, and just making its way into the United States
The third leg of Chief Factor James McMillan's long journey north, from Fort George #Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River, to the lower Fraser River via a tiny river called the Nicomekl. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicomekl-river/