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The York Factory Express : Fort Vancouver to Hudson Bay, 1826-1849 / Nancy Marguerite Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Nancy Marguerite, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hudson's Bay Company.
- Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century.
- Fur trade.
- Fur trade--Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century.
- Trade routes--Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century.
- Trade routes.
- Trade routes--Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century.
- Fur traders--Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century.
- Fur traders.
- Fur traders--Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century.
- Hudson's Bay Company--History--19th century.
- History.
- Canada--Canadian Northwest.
- Pacific Northwest.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 295 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, BC : Ronsdale Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Every March between 1826 and 1854, the York Factory Express began its journey from the Hudson's Bay Company's headquarters on the Pacific Ocean. From Fort Vancouver, the express-men paddled their boats up the Columbia River to the base of the Rocky Mountains at Boat Encampment, a thousand miles to the east. At Jasper's House they were 3,000 feet above sea level. Their river route would return them to salt water once more, at York Factory, on the shores of Hudson Bay. It was an amazing climb and an amazing descent, and they would do another climb and descent on their journey home. The stories of the York Factory Express, and of the Saskatchewan Brigades they joined at Edmonton House, are told in the words of the Scottish traders and clerks who wrote the journals. However, the men who made the journey possible are the invisible, unnamed Canadiens, Orkney-men, Iroquois, and their Métis children and grand-children, who powered the boats across the continent every year. The voyageurs did all the heavy work and were almost entirely responsible for the success of the 5,400-mile journey. But their history was oral. If the traders had not preserved the stories the voyageurs told them, we would not know this history today."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The First York Factory Express Journeys
- ch. 2 Fort Vancouver to Fort Nez Perces
- ch. 3 Fort Nez Perces to Fort Colvile
- ch. 4 Fort Colvile to Boat Encampment
- ch. 5 Boat Encampment to Jasper's House
- ch. 6 Jasper's House to Edmonton House
- ch. 7 Edmonton House to Carlton House
- ch. 8 Carlton House to Norway House
- ch. 9 Norway House to York Factory
- ch. 10 York Factory to Norway House
- ch. 11 Norway House to Cumberland House
- ch. 12 Cumberland House to Carlton House
- ch. 13 Carlton House to Fort Pitt
- ch. 14 Fort Pitt to Edmonton House
- ch. 15 Edmonton House to Jasper's House
- ch. 16 Jasper's House to Boat Encampment
- ch. 17 Boat Encampment to Fort Vancouver.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Anderson, Nancy Marguerite, 1946- York Factory Express.
- ISBN:
- 9781553805786
- 155380578X
- OCLC:
- 1088419991
- Publisher Number:
- 99988992478
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