THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
My great-great-grandfather James Birnie travelled out and in in the first of the York Factory Expresses to Hudson Bay. I was astonished when I learned that he was there, and fortunately I found the journal written by the gentlemen who took it out, and who brought it in. Sometimes these stories are personal. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/birnie-three/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
Chief Trader James Anderson and his small team of men are making their way down the Back, or Great Fish River, to the Arctic Sea, in search of signs of Franklin's long lost men. They have a long journey ahead of them, as they have only just passed through Beechey Lake. #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys #Nunavut #NWT https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-8/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Provisioning for the HBC Brigades was sometimes quite a challenge, especially when the salmon runs were poor and every one who lived in the territory starved. The HBC sometimes had alternate provisions, of course.... #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-provisions/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
The Barren Grounds of the Northwest Territories, in northern Canada, are the homes of Musk Oxen, an unusual and almost cow-like animal whose meat tastes musky (hence the name). They are, however, not in the cattle family at all, nor in the deer family. They are, in fact, more closely related to.... #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys #NWT #Nunavut https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/musk-ox/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
An introduction to the York Factory Express that tells you something of their journey to Hudson Bay and the experiences they had while on their canoe and boat journey to the east. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/york-factory-express-introduction/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
From Sussex Lake, the headwaters of the Great Fish River, James Anderson and his small party of men continue their northern journey downriver, through the Barren Grounds toward the next batch of lakes -- Lake Beechey, and the Sideways Lakes of Pelly and Garry. But it will be a while before they reach those lake. #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys #NWT #Nunavut https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-7/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Two Dease brothers worked on the west side of the Rocky Mountains: one was Peter Warren Dease, of Arctic fame. The other was John Warren Dease, who worked for much of his time in the Columbia district, and was criticized for being a "tea-drinker" by Governor Simpson. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/john-warren-dease/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
James Anderson and James Green Stewart, and their men, make their way down the Back or Great Fish River, travelling north from Aylmer Lake through the Barren Grounds on their way to their next lake, Lake Beechey. #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys #NWT #Nunavut https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-6/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
What ended the York Factory Express? Sea going steamboats and cross-continental railways. The Panama Railway was completed the same year that the last York Factory Express ran. #Journeys #Railways #YorkFactoryExpress https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/york-factory-express/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1855, James Anderson and James Green Stewart make their way over the rest of the Mountain Portage, finally reaching the headwaters of the Great Fish River that will lead them north to the Arctic Sea. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NWT https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-5/