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James Anderson’s Mountain Portage

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 20, 2021 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company No Comments
James Anderson’s Mountain Portage

  James Anderson’s Map of the southern portion of the Mountain Portage,  from Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, E.37/29, and used with their permission.   The above map comes from the…

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Rivière des Roches to Great Slave Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 12, 2019 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Rivière des Roches to Great Slave Lake

The river that flowed north from Athabasca Lake was not the Mackenzie, but the Rivière des Roches, which led boats into the Slave. Somewhere north of Athabasca Lake was the…

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All Canadian Route 2

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 10, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
All Canadian Route 2

Well, this week we will catch these Ontario “greenhorns” up to all the other groups of men who, in previous posts, are attempting to find their way to the Klondike…

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Grand Rapid to Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 29, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Grand Rapid to Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca Lake

So, let’s continue our journey down the Athabasca River from Athabasca Landing, heading toward Fort Chipewyan, on Athabasca Lake. That is the first major stop, for the HBC men at…

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Two canoes: to Fort Chipewyan

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 25, 2017 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two canoes: to Fort Chipewyan

So, Governor George Simpson and Chief Trader Archibald McDonald have reached the banks of the Clearwater River, which will lead them westward toward the Athabasca River. They will travel down…

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