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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/