THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
We have already read Augustus Peers's London Ship journey to Hudson Bay, and now we can learn what Robert Campbell, of the #Yukon, had to say of his sailing voyage west to York Factory. #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys #Manitoba #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/london-ships/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The Grand Rapids was an enormous barrier on the #Saskatchewan River, yet it was not a dangerous barrier. For the most part, lightly loaded boats travelled up and down this rapid quite safely. It was just the goods that needed to be portaged... #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/grand-rapids/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
From Norway House, on Playgreen Lake, the homecoming men of the York Factory Express made their way around Mossy Point and crossed Lake Winnipeg, if the weather was good. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/twelfth-leg/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The historic Hayes River is the river that brings the#Saskatchewan brigades to and from York Factory. There were many landmarks and difficult passages up and down the river, and I had to know everything about all of them! #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hayes-river/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1823, and again in 1828, two sets of canoes make their way up the Wicked River [the Sturgeon-Weir] on their way north to the Churchill River, which will carry them west by two different routes to the Pacific. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-five/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1823, and in 1828, two different sets of canoes made their way to Cumberland House and beyond: both sets of canoes were on their way to the west side of the mountains, by two different routes. #Journeys #OxfordHouse #MBHistory #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-four/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
Many were the landmarks on the upper Hayes River, but we would not know what they looked like and why they were given their names if it were not for the English explorers who also travelled over them. #MBHistory #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/landmarks-hayes-river-2/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
The short piece of the Saskatchewan River between the Grand Rapids and Lake #Winnipeg was called the Rapid River. Beyond that was the Grand Rapids itself, and west of that was Cedar Lake, on the #Saskatchewan River. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/rapid-river-cedar-lake/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
There were many landmarks on the Hayes River with features that tended to give the portage or lake it name, but if we depended upon the HBC men and their writings for the descriptions of the places they passed, we would never know how the landmarks got their name. #Journeys #MBHistory #YorkFactoryExpress https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/landmarks-hayes-river/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
The next major step in Augustus Peers' journey west and north to the Athabasca and Mackenzie River district was to leave Norway House, and travel across Lake #Winnipeg to the mouth of the #Saskatchewan River. #HBCHistory #MBHistory #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/crossing-lake-winnipeg/