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The York Factory Express by ZOOM

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 11, 2020 Writing, York Factory Express
The York Factory Express by ZOOM

I am setting up ZOOM: Everyone else is doing it, so why not me? I have talks set up at various locations in Washington State and in Alberta and beyond,…

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Paul Kane’s Journal

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 12, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Paul Kane’s Journal

This is the second section of artist Paul Kane’s journal, written as he makes his way toward the Rocky Mountains and the Columbia District in 1846. He is travelling with…

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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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Cumberland House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 6, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Cumberland House

There is little mention of the York Factory Express and Saskatchewan Brigades passing through Cumberland House in the post journals in the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives. Nevertheless, there is lots…

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