Arrow Lakes
The Arrow Lakes, as they existed before the waters of the Columbia River were raised by the dams along its length, must have been a spectacular place, with its two…
Read moreUp the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House
This is the eighteenth leg of the York Factory Express stream, and today we are travelling up the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House, west of Fort Assiniboine. Interestingly, in some…
Read moreThe Athabasca Portage North from Edmonton House
In this York Factory Express post (the Seventeenth in this series) I am going to comment on Edward Ermatinger’s 1827 incoming Express (called the Columbia Express), as they cross over…
Read moreYork Factory Express: Fort Pitt and West
The men of the incoming York Factory Express have now arrived at Fort Pitt, on the North Saskatchewan River. They have, by this time, been away from their home post…
Read moreYork Factory Express: Cumberland House to Carlton House
The York Factory Express men are making their way upriver, from Cumberland House, on the Saskatchewan River to Carlton House on the North Saskatchewan. The men had left Fort Vancouver…
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