Voyageur Traditions
In spring of every year between 1826 and 1854, the outgoing York Factory Express men arrived at Edmonton House. They left Fort Vancouver, their Pacific coast headquarters on the Columbia…
Read moreThe Grand River
The historic Ottawa River was often called le Grand River — the “Big River” — by the first voyageurs who travelled up and down its length. And it was a…
Read moreYork Factory Express, Lake Winnipeg to Cumberland House
Aemilius Simpson gives the best description of this first stretch of the Saskatchewan River from Lake Winnipeg to Cumberland House, in August 1826. Many little stories appear in these various…
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