THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
North of Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla was the entrance to the spectacular Grand Coulee which led horsemen overland from the banks of the Columbia River south of its rapids, to Fort #Okanagan, on the Columbia's junction with the #Okanogan River. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheRockies https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/grand-coulee/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
HBC Chief Trader James Anderson and his small team of men reached McLeod's Bay, at the north end of Great Slave Lake, and began the long and difficult Mountain Portage that would lead his party to the headwaters of the Great Fish River. That river would lead him across the barren lands and north to the Arctic Sea. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NorthwestTerritories #NWT https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-4/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
James Green Stewart worked under Robert Campbell, of Fort Selkirk, for a number of years, making some amazing cross-country journeys while was was Campbell's clerk. Chief Trader James Anderson removed him from his post and sent him south. Then Governor Simpson assigned Stewart to Anderson's northern expedition to the Arctic Sea... #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NWT #Yukon https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-green-stewart/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
George Barnston travelled into the Columbia district with the first York Factory Express which reached Fort #Vancouver in November 1826. He worked in this district west of the Rocky Mountains for many years afterwards, at #WallaWalla, and at #FortLangley as well. #YorkFactoryExpress #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/george-barnston/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1855, James Anderson paddled across Great Slave Lake, heading north from Fort Resolution to the foot of the Mountain Portage, in McLeod Bay. He and his party is on their way to the Great fish River, which they will follow north to the shores of the Arctic Sea. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NorthwestTerritories https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-3/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1826, and in 1831, the men of the incoming HBC Brigades made their way up the Columbia River from Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla to Fort Okanogan, which lay at the junction of the #Okanagan River with the Columbia. Here they moved their packs and goods to packhorses, to continue their journey north. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #WestOfTheRockies https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-eleven/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1855, James Anderson begins his journey south, up the Mackenzie River to Great Slave Lake, where he will begin his journey north to the Arctic Sea by the Great Fish River! #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NWT #NorthwestTerritories https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-anderson-2/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
In the next step of their journey west of the Rocky Mountains, the men of the incoming York Factory Express take horses and packhorses across the long heavily wooded portage north to Fort Assiniboine, on the Athabasca River. I was rarely if ever an easy journey over that muddy portage! #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/athabasca-portage/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1855, Chief Trader James Anderson left Fort Simpson on his upriver journey to Great Slave Lake, from whence he would cross the mountains to begin his northward journey to the shores of the Arctic Sea. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NWT https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1826, and later in 1831, the outgoing HBC Brigades make their way up the Columbia River from the east side of the Long Narrows -- that is, the passageway through the Cascade Mountains to Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/ten-half/