THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
Once the men of the outgoing York Factory Express made their way as far as #Edmonton House, they could enjoy a downriver journey all the way to Hudson Bay. But the best part of that journey was the exciting rush down the east side of the Canadian Shield to York Factory. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/descending-hayes-river/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY 1826-1849
Alexis L'Esperance was the guide who led out the Portage La Loche Brigades to the Athabasca for many years, and he almost always met the outgoing Express on the #Saskatchewan River. Everyone knew who Alexis L'Esperance was. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/alexis-lesperance/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1835, clerk James Douglas rode across the prairies from Carlton House on the North #Saskatchewan River, to Red River and Fort Garry, where he met Governor Simpson and attended the annual meeting. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/carlton-to-red-river/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1848, Henry Newsham Peers kept the journal of the incoming 1848 Brigade, as it made its journey up the Fraser and over the mountains to the post at #Kamloops. It was a hard journey. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/henry-newsham-peers-journal/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1841, George Traill Allan went out with the outgoing York Factor Express, and at Norway House he saw the missionary's tin canoe--something the First Nations called The Shining Island. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/tin-canoe/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
Every man who arrived at York Factory came in in the London Ship of the Year. On this occasion, Augustus Richard Peers tells of his experience aboard the London Ship on his way to Hudson Bay. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/london-to-york-factory/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1825, John Stuart, once of New Caledonia, was at Carlton House when Governor Simpson rode through. Stuart got first hand information about the new trail to the west side of the Rocky Mountains, and he approved the plan. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/carlton-house-journal/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The measles epidemic that came north to the Columbia district with the Indigenous men who spent their winter outside Fort Sutter, #Sacramento River, sickened and killed thousands of Indigenous people including the mixed-blood HBC men who lived at Fort #Vancouver #WA. #Journeys #HBCHistory #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/measles-1847/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
From Fort Pelly, George Traill Allan travelled over the prairies to Fort Garry, where he and his companion, Dr. Tolmie, met Sir George Simpson who was on his way to the Pacific slopes in 1841. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #SirGeorgeSimpson #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-pelly-to-fort-garry/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
From Carlton House, George Traill Allan rode south toward Red River, stopping for the night at Fort Pelly, on the prairies north and west of Fort Garry. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/carlton-to-fort-pelly/