THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
Over the long years of HBC history on the Hayes River, there were many posts built that might have run for years, or that may have lasted a year or two before being removed or closed down. #HBCHistory #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hayes-river-posts/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
When young clerk Augustus Richard Peers left York Factory, he travelled by dogsled to Oxford House and on to Norway House. It was an easy way for him to travel, but the dogs and the drivers of the carrioles worked very hard. #Journeys #HBCHistory #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/dogsled-1/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
When the men of the HBC Brigades left the #Kamloops post on their way to #FortLangley, they crossed the mountains that lay ahead of them by a stream that ran through Collins Gulch. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/collins-gulch/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The historic York Boats that the HBC men travelled in as they went up and down the #Saskatchewan River were both rowed, and sailed. They were, in fact, quite efficient sail-boats... #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/york-boats-sailing/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Joachim Lafleur was a long time HBC employee who worked mostly in the Okanagan or at Kamloops. He was well known for a quirk he had: he was very afraid of snakes! #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/joachim-lafleur/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 126-1849
The river route from Norway House to Hudson Bay is littered with historical landmarks and points of interest, but it is not until the English explorers came and wrote of their adventures that we understand how and why these places got their names. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/ninth-leg/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
John Lee Lewes was an HBC man who came from a London theatre background. He kept his theatrical tendencies even in the HBC trade, where he was known as a fop. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fur-trade-fop/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
One of the skills that new HBC had to learn in the wintertime was how to handle the snowshoes. It was not as easy as it looked. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/snow-shoes/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
Once the men of the outgoing York Factory Express made their way as far as #Edmonton House, they could enjoy a downriver journey all the way to Hudson Bay. But the best part of that journey was the exciting rush down the east side of the Canadian Shield to York Factory. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/descending-hayes-river/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1848, Peter Skene Ogden reported to Governor Simpson on the effects that the California gold rush had on his HBC headquarters of Fort #Vancouver and the area that surrounded it. #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/california-gold-rush/