Arrow Lakes
The Arrow Lakes, as they existed before the waters of the Columbia River were raised by the dams along its length, must have been a spectacular place, with its two…
Read moreThe Athabasca Portage North from Edmonton House
In this York Factory Express post (the Seventeenth in this series) I am going to comment on Edward Ermatinger’s 1827 incoming Express (called the Columbia Express), as they cross over…
Read moreJohn Warren Dease
Two Dease brothers worked on the west side side of the Rocky Mountains: Peter Warren Dease, and John Warren Dease. Peter is quite well known as an explorer; John not…
Read moreJames McDougall
As I do my last *personal* edits of my York Factory Express book, I am attempting to determine which of the two McDougall brothers traveled west in the 1826 York…
Read moreProvisioning the York Factory Express
I am writing about the York Factory Express — the annual journey the traders from the West side of the Rocky Mountains made to the HBC headquarters on Hudson Bay…
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