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Thomas Lowe sails the Southern Atlantic

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 13, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
Thomas Lowe sails the Southern Atlantic

Thomas Lowe has survived the traditional shaving that results from crossing the equator on a sailing vessel in 1841, and now has the rounding of Cape Horn, at the southern…

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Pierre Hudon comes to New France

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 5, 2020 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet, Metis in the West
Pierre Hudon comes to New France

So how and when did Pierre Hudon-dit-Beaulieu come to New France? Why is easy to understand why: his father was dead of disease and his mother apparently safe. There was…

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Paul Kane leaves Edmonton House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 28, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Paul Kane leaves Edmonton House

“We remained at Edmonton till the morning of the 6th [October],” Paul Kane wrote, “preparing for the arduous journey which now lay before us.” Paul Kane was travelling west with…

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Publication of “The York Factory Express”

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 21, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Publication of “The York Factory Express”

A simple announcement: The publication of The York Factory Express will be delayed because the person who is doing the final editing and proofing of the book is seriously ill…

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Musk Ox

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 21, 2020 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Musk Ox

The musk oxen are unusual animals found in the Barren Grounds of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, and almost no where else. Their relationships are interesting: they are closer…

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