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Athabasca Pass

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 3, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express No Comments
Athabasca Pass

In 1826, Aemilius Simpson came west with the incoming York Factory Express: otherwise called the Columbia Express for its destination on the Columbia River. This was his first time across…

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Paul Kane’s “Big Hill”

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 27, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express 4 Comments
Paul Kane’s “Big Hill”

So in 1846, Paul Kane and the few remaining men of the incoming York Factory Express spent their night trying to keep warm at their encampment on the shores of…

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Paul Kane leaves Jasper’s House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 27, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Paul Kane leaves Jasper’s House

Artist Paul Kane was not impressed with the little post of Jasper’s House, but, fortunately for him, the incoming York Factory Express did not remain at the post for long.…

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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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Michel Kaonassé

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 26, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Michel Kaonassé

I fell into Michel Kaonassé’s story long before I knew how important it would be in my York Factory Express book. Kaonassé worked at Fort Alexandria under my great-grandfather Alexander…

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