THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1823, clerk John Work made his way west in a canoe, travelling with Peter Skene Ogden to Ile-a-la-Crosse and beyond. It was a long, long canoe journey, and they were not friends--one being an HBC man, and the other from the now-defeated North West Company. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #SKHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-six/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The outgoing New Caledonia brigade begins their journey south over the thousand-mile-long boat and horse trail from #FortStJames to Fort #Vancouver, on the Columbia River in #WA #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-one/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The historic Hayes River is the river that brings the#Saskatchewan brigades to and from York Factory. There were many landmarks and difficult passages up and down the river, and I had to know everything about all of them! #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hayes-river/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1823, and again in 1828, two sets of canoes make their way up the Wicked River [the Sturgeon-Weir] on their way north to the Churchill River, which will carry them west by two different routes to the Pacific. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #MBHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-five/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The old brigade trail of 1826 ran a thousand miles, beginning its journey at #FortStJames and finally reaching Fort #Okanagan, where the men of the brigades took to boats and paddled downriver to Fort #Vancouver #WA #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMounains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/old-brigade-trail/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
On November 19, 1824, the newly built Norway House was destroyed by fire--and Governor George Simpson decided that a new post should be built, but not on the same location. This was a post that was visited by all the York Factory Express men. #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/norway-house-fire/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1823, and in 1828, two different sets of canoes made their way to Cumberland House and beyond: both sets of canoes were on their way to the west side of the mountains, by two different routes. #Journeys #OxfordHouse #MBHistory #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-four/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
There are many brigade trails that run through the territory West of the Rocky Mountains--many more, in fact, than those few listed in this post. The early HBC men did a lot of travelling, mostly on horseback but sometimes by batteaux. #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-trails/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
The landmarks along the Echimamish River were less noticeable than those along the Hayes, but they were muddier and shallower and much more annoying to travel over! #HBCHistory #Journeys #YorkFactoryExpress https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/landmarks-on-the-echimamish-river/

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
Both the York Factory Express, and the Portage la Loche Brigades passed through Cumberland House, and sometimes they described the place. Here is the descriptions given by the leaders of the Express, as they reached Cumberland House. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #YorkFactoryExpress https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/cumberland-house/