Nancy Marguerite AndersonYORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"Our arrangements being completed, we Embarked at 9 am & pursued our route up the Athabasca River. Our Brigade being distributed into three Canoes, very deeply laden, each Canoe has seven Men besides boys, but heavy laden as we are to make Comparatively quick progress to what we did in the Boats ascending the #Saskatchewan River, and the Canadian Crews appear very well pleased with the change,... #Canoes #Canoeing #AlbertaHistory #HistoricJourney #Books .
"Our arrangements being completed, we Embarked at 9 am & pursued our route up the Athabasca River. Our Brigade being distributed into three Canoes, very deeply laden, each Canoe has seven Men besides boys, but heavy laden as we are to make Comparatively quick progress to what we did in the Boats ascending the #Saskatchewan River, and the Canadian Crews appear very well pleased with the change,... #Canoes #Canoeing #AlbertaHistory #HistoricJourney #Books .
