North Saskatchewan Posts
The posts on the North Saskatchewan River had a much more confusing history than those on the Saskatchewan, having to close or change locations many times over the years! Again,…
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 moreYork Factory Express: Fort Pitt and West
The men of the incoming York Factory Express have, by this time, been away from their home post of Fort Vancouver for some five months now, and all are beginning…
Read moreYork Factory Express: Carlton House to Fort Pitt
George Traill Allan was a tiny man, only about five feet tall, and delicately built. Yet, he joined the “rough and tumble of the fur trade,” and had an important…
Read moreProvisioning the York Factory Express
I am writing about the York Factory Express — the annual journey the traders from the West side of the Rocky Mountains made to the HBC headquarters on Hudson Bay…
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