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Landmarks on the Echimamish River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 1, 2018 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Landmarks on the Echimamish River

This is the third post in a series on landmarks on the Hayes and Echimamish River, with descriptions taken from John Franklin’s Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of…

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Jason Allard’s Stories of his Father

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 30, 2018 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
Jason Allard’s Stories of his Father

Jason Ovide Allard grew up in the HBC, at Forts Langley and Yale. His father was a Canadien named Ovid Allard, who had several Indigenous wives. Jason’s mother was an…

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Two Canoes: West from Norway House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 12, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes: West from Norway House

In this post we will follow John Work and Peter Skene Ogden, as they make their way from Norway House, on Playgreen Lake, toward Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River.…

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York Factory Express, Norway House and the Crossing of Lake Winnipeg

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 21, 2015 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
York Factory Express, Norway House and the Crossing of Lake Winnipeg

On their arrival at Norway House, the men of the returning York Factory Express (now called the Columbia Express) knew they had completed the most difficult part of their journey:…

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John Work’s Journey to the Columbia District, 1823

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 25, 2015 "Two Canoes", York Factory Express
John 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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