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THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
From #Jasper's House, on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, the York Factory Express continued their outgoing journey down the Athabasca River to Fort Assiniboine. It was not always an easy route to travel. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #ABHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fifth-leg/

Nancy Marguerite Anderson 3d ago

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY 1826-1849
In 1827, botanist David Douglas crossed the Rocky Mountains with Edward Ermatinger's York Factory Express, and with them he made his way down the Athabasca River toward Fort Assiniboine. He was on his way home to England. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #ABHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fifth-leg/

Nancy Marguerite Anderson 4d ago

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In 1827, botanist David Douglas left the Columbia district with the outgoing York Factory Express, but decided to cross the Rocky Mountains on his own. Of course he got lost, but the HBC men were used to the English visitors getting lost. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #ABHistory #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/david-douglas-rockies/

Nancy Marguerite Anderson 6d ago

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
Between Boat Encampment, on the Big Bend of the Columbia River, the outgoing York Factory Express men followed the Wood River east to the Grand Cote, or " Big Hill," whose rugged trail would lead them over the range of mountains to #Jasper's House. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #ABHistory #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fourth-leg/

Nancy Marguerite Anderson Jun 19

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
On their way to Hudson Bay in the springtime, the men of the #YorkFactoryExpress must make their way up the rapid filled Columbia River to Boat Encampment, where they would leave the boats and walk over the mountains to #Jasper's House. #BCHistory #Journeys #ABHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/third-leg/

Likely Jan Lukas May 28

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@VintageEdmonton/116652441783574383

Fun fact: #Alberta did not require #DriversLicenses until some years' later.

IIRC we already had ~30,000 #MotorVehicles by the time we got around to licensing private vehicle owners. Biggest concern to push for licensing was safety: too many people dying by colliding with #trains at uncontrolled crossings.

No actual drivers' #education required, though, so I'm still unclear as how this was to help out. 😬 Alas no #Hansard here prior to #Lougheed so old #news clippings are all we really have. ☹️

Licenses only required for commerial use/professional drivers.

#abhistory
#ableg
#yeg
#yyc
#yql
#ymm
#yqf

Likely Jan Lukas May 18

@LeslieBurns

I wish we still had non-mega #hardware stores around here but if we do, I am unaware of them. ☹️

A quasi-related story for you: decades ago, our first (IIRC) big box hardware store dropped down into #Edmonton (on St Albert Trail). It was called Eagle Hardware.

Now I don't know the *actual* reason they failed so quickly, but I can tell you that it was blatantly obvious they'd done zero research on Canadian, and also specifically Albertan, product requirements.

Zero #Robertson screws or screwbits. 😳
At least one HUGE aisle full of #rat traps. 🙄

Both these points remain hilarious to me.

The staff were, however, polite and *attempted* to be helpful, which is not always the default today in other big box stores.

#Canada
#Alberta
#abhistory
#yeg
#RatPatrol
#RatFree
#KeepAlbertaRatFree

Nancy Marguerite Anderson Feb 28

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
Once he reached Fort Colvile in safety, the artist Paul Kane joined the outgoing Express and travelled up the Columbia River toward the mountain pass that would carry him east to the Athabasca River and #Edmonton House, on the North #Saskatchewan. #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains #ABHistory #YorkFactoryExpress https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane-columbia/

Daveography 🇨🇦

May 2, 2025

Great but difficult read from ECAMP.

As important as it is to know and share history worth celebrating, now more than ever we must remember the ugly parts of our history too.

Edmonton, Alberta, and Canada are built on a whole lot of racism by a whole lot of racist people. We must learn and acknowledge that before we can hope to pretend we're past it (we aren't, not even close).

https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/05/01/sustained-opposition-to-black-immigration/

#yeg #yegHistory #ABHistory #racism

Alberta Beyond Fossil Fuels Mar 5, 2025

A Brief History of the Alberta Oil Curtailment
The Alberta oil curtailment of 2019–2020 shows us that governments have the power to order #oilandgas production cuts. All they need is the political will. #ABPoli #ABHistory #CdnPoli
https://albertabeyondfossilfuels.ca/a-brief-history-of-alberta-oil-curtailment/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A Brief History of the Alberta Oil Curtailment | Alberta Beyond Fossil Fuels

Do you remember the great oil price crash of 2014-2016? I sure do. A 70 per cent drop in global crude prices brought the expansion of Alberta oil sands projects to a halt. I worked in the industry at the time, and the crash severely curtailed my employment options. I was unemployed for nine months

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