#threejourneysnorth — Public Fediverse posts
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NO ORDINARY RISKS: EXPLORATIONS FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
Once the Portage la Loche brigades passed the Grand Rapids of the #Saskatchewan River, they made their way upriver to the tiny settlement of #ThePas, and then moved on to Cumberland House, on the Sturgeon-Weir River. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NoOrdinaryRisks https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/the-pas-and-cumberland-house/ -
NO ORDINARY RISKS: EXPLORATIONS FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
The Grand Rapids was an enormous barrier on the #Saskatchewan River, where it flowed into Lake #Winnipeg. However, it was difficult but not particularly dangerous to overcome these rapids. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NoOrdinaryRisks https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/grand-rapids/ -
NO ORDINARY RISKS: EXPLORATIONS FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
Just inside the mouth of the #Saskatchewan River was a stretch of the #Saskatchewan River historically called "Rapid River." In 1843, Augustus Peers made his way up this rapid filled river to Cedar Lake. #Journeys #NoOrdinaryRisks #MBHistory #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/rapid-river-cedar-lake/ -
NO ORDINARY RISKS: EXPLORATIONS FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
The crossing of Lake #Winnipeg was not always easy -- she was a shallow lake subject to heavy and sudden storms of wind and sometimes people were caught in these storms. #NoOrdinaryRisks #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/crossing-lake-winnipeg/ -
NO ORDINARY RISKS: EXPLORATIONS FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
West from Norway House, the HBC men followed their traditional route across Lake #Winnipeg to the mouth of the #Saskatchewan River, on their way to Cumberland House and the river that would take them north. #NoOrdinaryRisks #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #MBHistory https:https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-three/ -
NO ORDINARY RISKS: EXPLORATIONS FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
Spring came to Norway House, and the streams began to melt and the leaves to open. "The breaking forth of sprig in this country is more like a dream than a reality," Augustus Peers said. #Journeys #NoOrdinaryRisks #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/norway-house-spring/