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Paul Kane leaves Edmonton House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 28, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Paul Kane leaves Edmonton House

“We remained at Edmonton till the morning of the 6th [October],” Paul Kane wrote, “preparing for the arduous journey which now lay before us.” Paul Kane was travelling west with…

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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 Buffalo Hunt

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 26, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Paul Kane’s Buffalo Hunt

Paul Kane is now leaving Carlton House, on horseback, with some of the gentlemen of the incoming Columbia Brigades. The year is 1846, and Mr. Rundell is Reverend Robert Terrill…

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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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