NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

An Accidental Historian, writing about the people who worked in the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories!

York Factory Express, Norway House and the Crossing of Lake Winnipeg

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 21, 2015 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company

On their arrival at Norway House, east of Lake Winnipeg, the men of the returning York Factory Express (now called the Columbia Express) knew they had completed the most difficult…

York Factory Express, Carlton, Cumberland and Norway Houses

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 8, 2014 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"

In this post, the York Factory Express men are on their way to Norway House, their next destination. In 1847, Fort Vancouver’s clerk Thomas Lowe began his journey from Carlton…