Merry Christmas
It is Christmas Day at the end of this week, and for the fun of it I am reporting on as many fur trade Christmases as I can find. We…
Read morePaul 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…
Read moreNorth Saskatchewan River
At Edmonton House, the York Factory Express joined the Saskatchewan Brigades, who were carrying their furs down the North Saskatchewan River to Hudson Bay. I had to learn about every…
Read moreThe men in the 1826 York Factory Express
Many of the men who travelled in the York Factory Express worked west of the Rocky Mountains for many years — some worked here for just a year or so.…
Read moreCarlton to Fort Pelly
Here we now have George Traill Allan’s journal of his journey from Carlton House to Red River, so that he could represent the Columbia District at the Annual Committee meeting…
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