THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The HBC Brigades, and the York Factory Express, travelled much the same route every summer, but never at the same time nor in the same direction. In 1826, James Connolly arrived at Fort #Vancouver #WA in mid summer, at the same time that John McLeod's Express was at York Factory, on Hudson Bay. #TheHBCBrigades #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigades-and-expresses/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1826, and in 1831, the men in the HBC Brigades began their one-thousand-mile boat and packhorse journey North to #FortStJames from their headquarters of Fort #Vancouver #WA at the mouth of the Columbia River. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-nine/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
There were three methods of transportation for the Hudson's Bay Company on the Pacific slopes: the HBC Brigades which brought the furs down from #FortStJames to Fort #Vancouver; the York Factory Express which carried men and papers east to Hudson Bay, and the London Ships which arrived every spring on the coast. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hbc-transportation-systems/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Fort Vancouver #WA was the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company west of the Rocky Mountains. There is always more to learn about the original post, which was built over the winter of 1824-25, on a ridge that loomed above the site of the present Fort Vancouver. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-vancouver/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From the old Fort Nez Perces, the men travelling in the HBC Brigades finally arrived at their destination of Fort #Vancouver where they would deliver their packs of furs and pick up their supply of trade goods for the next year. For the men of #FortStJames, it would be a thousand-mile-long journey home. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-eight/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From Fort Okanagan, at the junction of the Okanagan and Columbia Rivers, the men of the HBC Brigades loaded their goods into boats and continued their journey, travelling down the Columbia to Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-seven/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
There were many routes the brigade trails used through the Grande Prairie region. Some of them were North West Company trails for the provisioning brigades, which others were truly brigade trails for the HBC. In other words, they were all horse trails, but used for different purposes. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-trail-2/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
There are many reasons why no one can find the old Brigades trails when they were once everywhere in the territory west of the Rocky Mountains. One of the most obvious reasons is that more recent infrastructure buried the trails. I finally recognized this when I realized where the trail actually ran! #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/new-trails-follow-old/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease worked at #FortStJames in the early years of the brigades, and brought them out over the trails to Fort #Vancouver for four or five years before he left the territory. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/peter-warren-dease/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1828, Governor Simpson visited the west side of the Rocky Mountains, travelling south from the Peace River through #FortStJames and #Kamloops, and finally travelling through the Fraser Canyon to #FortLangley. At the end of the journey he decided against using this route as a brigade trail. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twenty-eight/