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NO ORDINARY RISKS: THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA
As they were making their way up the #Saskatchewan River to the West, the HBC men rowed past the little settlement called the Pas #ThePas, where freemen now lived. Beyond that was Cumberland House--where the Portage La Loche boats left the first river and travelled North on their way to the Athabasca. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NoOrdinaryRisks https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/the-pas-and-cumberland-house/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1846, the artist Paul Kane, who joined the incoming York Factory Express at Norway House, makes his way west from #ThePas toward #Edmonton House. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane-2/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
From Norway House, the artist Paul Kane had accompanied the incoming Express to the Pas #ThePas, and he now continued the journey west, up the North #Saskatchewan River to historic Carlton House. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane-2/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In the second section of Paul Kane's journal as he travels with the incoming York Factory Express, the artist describes how the brigades left #ThePas and made their way west overland, all while hunting the bison. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane-2/