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Railways and The York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 14, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Railways and The York Factory Express

Everything ends. Even the York Factory Express, that ran for twenty-six years across the Rocky Mountains to Edmonton House, came to a sudden, crashing, end. The last outbound York Factory…

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Paul Kane reaches Edmonton

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 24, 2020 HBC Transportation Systems, York Factory Express
Paul Kane reaches Edmonton

In our continuing York Factory Express journal, we are following Paul Kane across the continent, from Norway House to the Columbia District. At the moment he is just arriving at…

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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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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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North Saskatchewan Posts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 30, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
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,…

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