Landmarks on the Echimamish River
This is the third post in a series on landmarks on the Hayes and Echimamish Rivers, with descriptions taken from John Franklin’s Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of…
Read moreTwo Canoes: West from Oxford House
I am finding the journals of these two canoe journeys very interesting, and so will continue this thread a little sooner than I might otherwise have done. It is…
Read moreJohn Work’s Journey to the Columbia District, 1823
Three years before the York Factory Express existed, John Work travelled over much of their route, on his way from York Factory to Spokane House, on the Spokane River. He…
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