THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
There were ramparts on the #Yukon River, and on the Porcupine: they were places where high rock walls narrowed the rivers and created a claustrobic feeling. However, magnificent as these ramparts mightbe, the Ramparts of the Mackenzie River were a magnificent sight that was not to be forgotten. #Journeys #NorthWestTerritories #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/ramparts/

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/

Bluesky is down, it seems. That means I can't check in to see if he's dead yet.

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
From Lapierre House, on a northern bend of the Porcupine River, the HBC men under Robert Campbell walked across the Richardson Range to the banks of Peel's River, where they came to the gates of the Peel's River Post (now Fort McPherson). #Yukon #NorthWestTerritories #NWT #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/peel-river-post/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
From the tiny provisioning post of Fort Pitt, on a narrow section of the North #Saskatchewan River, the men of the homecoming York Factory Express rowed west to #Edmonton House, the prairie headquarters of the HBC. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/sixteenth-leg/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In his journey down the #Yukon River, Robert Campbell discovered the new post of Fort Yukon, after which he followed the Porcupine River north to the edge of the Richardson Range, an extension of the northern point of the Rocky Mountains. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/porcupine-river/

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/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
I stumbled on Robert Campbell's story by accident, because in a book I was reading I discovered a familiar name, which I then followed up. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/pierre-pambrun-jr/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The North Saskatchewan River was the site of many posts, both for the North West Company, and the HBC. They had a confusing history, with many moves and relocations as the history changed around them. The stories remembered by the voyageurs who rowed the boats, and so it was always recounted as the gentlemen travelled up and down the river. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/north-saskatchewan-posts/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1851, Robert Campbell built a York Boat and travelled down the #Yukon River from Fort Selkirk, to learn where the river flowed and to find his way to the Porcupine which would lead him north to the Mackenzie. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/yukon-river/