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YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1831:
"Today we entered a point of wood and found the track so blocked up with fallen trees as to render it almost impassible to our horses. The mountains as seen today were really splendid, a thick fog having concealed the base, the summits appear, as it were, to tower above the skies.
"Saturday. On passing today between the mountains, I perceived at some distance large masses of ice suspended, as it were, in the air. #HistoricJourney #JasperAB #AmWritingHistory -
enjoy. I did, at the time.
#photography #LandscapePhotography #Alberta #JasperAB #landscape
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YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1827:
"Make a fresh start ourselves at 2 pm and continue over Battures and thro' woods and swamps between 6 and 7 miles and encamp at half past 6. One of the swamps entirely frozen over. Traversed the Athabasca #Whirlpool River 6 times today, twice knee deep; current strong. We went out of our road a little in the last part of the day's march and got into very bad woods. Roy returns after dark to our camp on horseback, having... #AmWritingHistory #Books #JasperAB -
YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"The distant view we had of the Mountains had a very fine effect, their lofty and rug'd summits circumscribing the distant horizon, and their dark blue tint forming a fine contrast with the rich azure sky. We Embarked at 5 am & continued our ascent of the Athabasca River. At noon our Canoe got broke by striking a hidden Rock, oblidging us to put on shore immediately to repair, which occupied us until 1 pm, when we again.... #ABHistory #JasperAB #AmWriting
