Edmonton Post Journal
As I was researching the York Factory Express, I read some journals from the posts they would have gone through on their way down the river. I didn’t get a…
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 moreGeorge Barnston
My tweets a little while ago were this: We commenced our Journey across the Portage at 10 a.m., our Party consisting of Messrs James McMillan, James Birnie, George Barnston, Sinclair,…
Read moreDonald Manson’s Retirement
Donald Manson was born in 1800, in Scotland, and worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company until 1857, when he retired. This is what Bruce Watson says of him in his…
Read moreJohn Warren Dease
Two Dease brothers worked on the west side side of the Rocky Mountains: Peter Warren Dease, and John Warren Dease. Peter is quite well known as an explorer; John not…
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