Anderson at Beechy Lake
In my last post of this series, we left James Anderson and his party of men camped at the exact same spot that Captain George Back had camped at almost…
Read moreAnderson at Lake Garry
So let us continue James Anderson’s journey home from Montreal Island and Adelaide Peninsula, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. On their journey south from the sea, they are…
Read moreAnderson’s Journey Home
On Friday August 10, 1855, James Anderson begins his journey home, leaving the Adelaide Peninsula behind him. With his crew, he “Left our encampment at 3 1/2 a.m. The ice…
Read moreAnderson reaches Adelaide Peninsula
In this blogpost Chief Trader James Anderson, his clerk James Green Stewart, and their party of fourteen experienced men, have reached Montreal Island, and will move on to the western…
Read moreJames Anderson on Chantrey Inlet
As we know, James Anderson, his clerk James Green Stewart, and their men, are making their way down the Great Fish River to the Arctic Ocean, in search of evidence…
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