THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Two Dease brothers worked west of the Rocky Mountains: Peter Warren Dease, and John Warren Dease. John was in charge of a variety of posts west of the Rocky Mountains after 1822. Only ten years later, he died at The Dalles, on the Columbia River. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/john-warren-dease/
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
From tiny #Jasper's House, on the upper Athabasca River, the men of the outgoing York Factory Express continued their journey down that river to Fort Assiniboine which stood on a southernmost bend of the river north of #Edmonton House. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fifth-leg/
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1847, fourteen years after he joined the HBC, Alexander Anderson finally received his chief tradership, and he shared the information with his older brother, James Anderson (of ThreeJourneysNorth thread). #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/chief-trader/
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1855, James Anderson and his team of men make their way through the enormous, and enormously complicated, Lake Garry, on their way home to Great Slave Lake, up the Great Fish River from the Arctic Sea. #Journeys #NorthwestTerritories #NWT #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/anderson-at-lake-garry/
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1827, botanist David Douglas, who was leaving the territory west of the Rockies with the outgoing York Factory Express, made his way down the Whirlpool River to the Athabasca, on his way to #Jasper's House and beyond. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/david-douglas-athabasca-river/
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Alexis Bellanger was a well known Cree/French employee on the river, but he died as the result of a gunshot would as he was bringing the boats up the Fraser River near #Quesnel. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/alexis-bellanger/
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1827, botanist David Douglas travelled out with the outgoing York Factory Express commanded by Edward Ermatinger, but he made his own way over the Rocky Mountains to #Jasper's House. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/david-douglas-rockies/
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The First Nations man named Whaleteah, chief of the home guard, was friendly with all the HBC men who worked at Fort Alexandria, on the Fraser River. He often appears in the post journals. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/whaleteah/
THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
Their work was done as well as they were able to do it, and now it was time to leave the shores of the Arctic Sea, and begin their journey southward, to Great Slave Lake. #Nunavut #NWT #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/journey-home/