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 moreThe Story of a Ship
As you already know from the hints I have dropped, something DID happen in the frozen wastes of Adelaide Peninsula when James Anderson and his crew of men were there.…
Read moreAnderson on Montreal Island
The year is 1855, and James Anderson and his party of men, which includes James Green Stewart, have paddled down the Back, or Great Fish River. On August 1 they…
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