York Factory Express: “Falling Down the Columbia”
In this section of the York Factory Express journals, I am going to continue with John Work’s journal of 1823. Remember, please, that he was coming into the territory before…
Read moreSnowshoeing
The HBC’s “Rupertsland” was a land of winter, and for the HBC men snow-shoes were essential. At some point in their lives, every man who worked for the HBC (and…
Read moreSecond book: The York Factory Express
My so-far unpublished manuscript, “The York Factory Express,” tells the stories of the York Factory Express, and of the Saskatchewan brigades. These stories are told in the words of…
Read moreYork Factory Express: Crossing of the Continental Divide to the West
I am amused. Someone-out-there appears to be anxious for me to continue with the York Factory Express thread, and they “searched,” in such a way that their secret request appeared…
Read moreThe Athabasca Portage North from Edmonton House
In this York Factory Express post (the Seventeenth in this series) I am going to comment on Edward Ermatinger’s 1827 incoming Express (called the Columbia Express), as they cross over…
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