THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
When the river current was too swift for rowing, then the York Boats had to be hauled upriver by line. This was called "tracking," and it was generally a dangerous and messy job of work. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/tracking/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
It was a mountain that didn't look like a mountain, but the horses knew it was. Travelling between Drowned Horse Lake and the height of land was a hard journey for them, and they arrived at their campsite tired. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/mountain/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
Once the men reached Portage la Loche, it was but an easy stroll over this enormous landmark to the Clearwater River on its north side. But this was a major barrier, as it separated the waters that flow to the Atlantic from those that flow to the Arctic Sea. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #Saskatchewan https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/portage-la-loche/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From Fort Alexandria, on the banks of the Fraser River, the men of the outgoing brigades ride east to Drowned Horse Lake, where in the early 1830s or late 1920s horses went through the winter ice and drowned. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOftheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-three/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The Grand Rapids was an enormous barrier on the #Saskatchewan River, yet it was not a dangerous barrier. For the most part, lightly loaded boats travelled up and down this rapid quite safely. It was just the goods that needed to be portaged... #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/grand-rapids/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
The Wicked River was the other name for the Sturgeon-Weir River, and it was named that because of its shallow waters and many gravel bars that made travel difficult. And then, of course, there were all the rapids... #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #Saskatchewan https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/wicked-river/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In its previous life, this old dairy farm outside of Williams Lake was the home of an Indigenous village and a missionary--and the brigade trails, too. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/dairy-fields/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The Northern Lights was a beautiful sight when you were camped on the edge of a prairie river with the broad clear sky overhead. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/aurora-borealis/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
From the Fort of Ile-a-la-Crosse, the men in our duelling journals are making their way north toward Portage la Loche and the Clearwater, or Little Athabasca, River and home. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-nine/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
At last, and after a long cross country journey, Governor Simpson finally reaches the banks of the Fraser river and makes his way from #PrinceGeorge to Fort Alexandria, on the east bank of the river. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twenty-three/