Landmarks on the Hayes River
As you know I have been taking a holiday, spending time in the Archives and also in editing my third book. In looking up what John Franklin had to say…
Read moreTrees and Plants, from the York Factory Express Journals
The Gentlemen who kept the York Factory Express journals sometimes noted the landscape they passed through, and mentioned the plants that they saw on their way. Today I tweeted a…
Read moreTwo Canoe Journeys
This is the beginning of a new series, which covers two separate canoe journeys made from York Factory, by different routes to the West side of the Rocky Mountains. The…
Read moreThe York Factory Express leaves Hudson Bay
I have played around a little with this section of the York Factory Express journey, as you will see in these two posts here: http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hayes-river/ and http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/tenth-leg/ The first post…
Read moreJohn Work’s Journey to the Columbia District, 1823
July 1823, Friday 18. Having received orders to that effect I embarked with Mr. [Peter Skene] Ogden for the Columbia with two light canoes, four men in each. Mr. Lewis…
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