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Paul Kane reaches Edmonton

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 24, 2020 HBC Transportation Systems, York Factory Express
Paul Kane reaches Edmonton

In our continuing York Factory Express journal, we are following Paul Kane across the continent, from Norway House to the Columbia District. At the moment he is just arriving at…

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Thomas Lowe and his London Ship journey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 19, 2020 HBC Transportation Systems, London Ship
Thomas Lowe and his London Ship journey

As I have already said at the beginning of this series, Thomas Lowe joined the fur trade of the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1841. In this post, and in a…

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Wicked River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 5, 2020 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems
Wicked River

The Rivière Maligne, otherwise known as the Wicked River, earned its ferocious nick-name over the years.  The Maligne was, of course, the Sturgeon-Weir River that led the early free-traders, the…

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The York Factory Express for Booksellers

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 15, 2020 HBC Transportation Systems, York Factory Express
The York Factory Express for Booksellers

The annual York Factory Express journey to Hudson Bay, and its return as the Columbia Express, was unique to the Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur trade west of the Rocky Mountains…

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Ramparts of the Mackenzie River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 8, 2019 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems

So in July 1851, Robert Campbell reached the Peel’s River Post and began his journey to the Mackenzie River, which he would follow south to Fort Simpson. This year he…

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