Ottawa River
The rapids-filled Ottawa River led the North West Company voyageurs, and the later HBC Lachine Brigades, northward from the Lake of the Two Mountains to the mouth of the Mattawa…
Read moreDavid Douglas goes home
In this post, botanist David Douglas heads for home in England, after his journey down the Athabasca River with the outgoing York Factory Express. Edward Ermatinger was the leader of…
Read moreHayes River Posts
In 1826, when the first York Factory Express men descended the Hayes River from Norway House to York Factory, they passed through only one Hayes River post: Oxford House. That…
Read moreBook Reviews
Writers always look forward to their first book reviews, and fear them at the same time. But so far, I am getting good reviews that not everyone will be able…
Read moreBits and Pieces
Lately, in my research in other quarters, I have been running across bits and pieces of other gentlemen’s York Factory Express journals. None of them are long enough, nor interesting…
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