Anderson and the River of Rapids
James Anderson is continuing his way up the Back River, having spent the night just north of Baillie’s River. Now it is time to ascend the long rapid — the…
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Anderson’s journey continues: James Anderson and his party have reached “Beechey Lake,” and are encamped above the five sets of rapids that had led them to into that Lake —…
Read moreAnderson 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…
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