THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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The Hayes River had a long history in the HBC fur trade, and many were the portages and historic spots along the river. Here is a listing of some of them, taken from the various York Factory Express journals I have. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hayes-river/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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Winter lasted a long time at Norway House and other places in the fur trade -- but when spring made its appearance, it changed everything very quickly! #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/spring-thaw/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1847:
"Made Portages in course of the day at the Upper carrying place, Devil's Handling place, & Greenwater Island, at the two former places, however, only half the pieces were taken out. Encamped at the head of Greenwater Island, which is the last Portage in Hill River, making 15 between this and the Rock. Two of the boats were slightly broken today and some time was necessarily spent in repairing them. #MBHistory #Manitoba #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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And again, the HBC men would not describe the Echimamish River in their journals, as they had passed over this shallow river so often. It took an Englishman, travelling the river for the first time, to describe the Echimamish. #MBHistory #AmWritingHistory #Manitoba #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/landmarks-on-the-echimamish-river/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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The HBC men passed these landmarks on the Hayes River numerous times, and did not describe them because they were so familiar. It took a visiting Englishman to tell the stories of the Landmarks on the Hayes River. #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/landmarks-hayes-river/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
The artist Paul Kane travelled with the incoming York Factory Express of 1846, from Norway House to Edmonton and beyond, to the West side of the Rocky Mountains. He describes his journey across Lake #Winnipeg and then up the Saskatchewan River toward the Pas #ThePas #MB #CanadaHistory #MBHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
There were many old historic posts along the #Saskatchewan River, and many names of places that came from the very early years of the French fur trade. Here are a few of the old forts that once stood on the river banks. #CanadaHistory #HistoricJourney #SKHistory #MBHistory #Blogpost https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/saskatchewan-river/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, BLOGPOST:
The man who told these stories of the #Métis Bison Hunts never saw the hunts themselves, but he heard the stories from the men who rowed the York Boats of the Portage La Loche Brigades (a twin of the York Factory Express brigades, with a different destination -- there is a book coming out on that Brigade, but not soon, I think). #ABHistory #SKHistory #MBHistory #Hunting #Bison #Buffalo https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/metis-bison-hunts/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, BLOGPOST:
Cumberland House, on the #Saskatchewan River, was the first HBC post the York Factory Express men reached as they made their way upriver from Lake #Winnipeg #MB. Here are a bunch of mentions of arrivals at Cumberland House, which I have collected from various HBC journals I stumbled across. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/cumberland-house/