Nancy Marguerite AndersonYORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"At 4.45 pm we arrived at the Rocky Portage, which I estimate is 34 Miles above the Mouth of the Hill River. Making this portage occupied us until 6 pm, when we proceeded for 2 miles and got to Borwick's Falls, & having hauled above them at 8.15 we continued our ascent for a Mile when we Encampt for the night, at 9 pm. On getting above the Rock Portage we discontinued tracking, and proceed by Poling, an operation.... #Voyageurs #VoyageurHistory #MetisHistory
"At 4.45 pm we arrived at the Rocky Portage, which I estimate is 34 Miles above the Mouth of the Hill River. Making this portage occupied us until 6 pm, when we proceeded for 2 miles and got to Borwick's Falls, & having hauled above them at 8.15 we continued our ascent for a Mile when we Encampt for the night, at 9 pm. On getting above the Rock Portage we discontinued tracking, and proceed by Poling, an operation.... #Voyageurs #VoyageurHistory #MetisHistory
