THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
John Lee Lewes was an HBC man who came from a London theatre background. He kept his theatrical tendencies even in the HBC trade, where he was known as a fop. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fur-trade-fop/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
One of the skills that new HBC had to learn in the wintertime was how to handle the snowshoes. It was not as easy as it looked. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/snow-shoes/

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 HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1848, Peter Skene Ogden reported to Governor Simpson on the effects that the California gold rush had on his HBC headquarters of Fort #Vancouver and the area that surrounded it. #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/california-gold-rush/

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/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1842, young Augustus Peers arrived by the London ship at York Factory, and spent his first winter at that old post on the edge of Hudson Bay. Here's his story. #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/york-factory/

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/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1848, as a result of the massacre at Waiilatpu Mission, the HBC men in the interior must break their way over a new unimproved trail from #FortLangley to #Kamloops. It was not easy. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/1848-brigade/