James Anderson on Lake Garry
James Anderson and James Green Stewart, and their exploring party, has now reached Lake Garry, on the Great Fish River on their way north to the Arctic Ocean in July…
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James Anderson and James Green Stewart have now reached and passed through Hawk Rapid, on the Great Fish River. Back did not name this rapid-filled chasm Hawk Rapids, but the…
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I have one man I keep stumbling across: his name is John O’Brien. I found him first when he was mentioned in Thomas Lowe’s York Factory Express journal of 1847.…
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On July 16, 1855, James Anderson and James Green Stewart continued their journey down the Back River, travelling from Lake Beechy northward, toward the Arctic Ocean. As you already know,…
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So James Anderson and James Green Stewart and their men have now reached the headwaters of the Great Fish River, and will begin their journey north to the Arctic Ocean.…
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