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--History--19th century.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, B.C. : Ronsdale Press, [2021]

Summary:

A lively and accessible history of the fur trade west of the Rocky Mountains. 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, where 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 a similar climb and descent on their journey home to the mouth of the Columbia. 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 voyageurs who made the journey possible are the invisible, unnamed Canadiens, Orkney-men, Iroquois, and their Métis children and grand-children, who powered the boats back and forthacross the continent every year. But their history was oral. If the traders had not preserved the stories the voyageurs told them, we would not know this history today -- as it is portrayed in The York Factory Express .

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Other Books by Nancy Marguerite Anderson

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

Prologue: York Factory Express

Chapter 1: The First York Factory Express Journeys

Chapter 2: Fort Vancouver to Fort Nez Percés

Chapter 3: Fort Nez Percés to Fort Colvile

Chapter 4: Fort Colvile to Boat Encampment

Chapter 5: Boat Encampment to Jasper's House

Chapter 6: Jasper's House to Edmonton House

Chapter 7: Edmonton House to Carlton House

Chapter 8: Carlton House to Norway House

Chapter 9: Norway House to York Factory

Chapter 10: York Factory to Norway House

Chapter 11: Norway House to Cumberland House

Chapter 12: Cumberland House to Carlton House

Chapter 13: Carlton House to Fort Pitt

Chapter 14: Fort Pitt to Edmonton House

Chapter 15: Edmonton House to Jasper's House

Chapter 16: Jasper's House to Boat Encampment

Chapter 17: Boat Encampment to Fort Vancouver

Epilogue: We Are Still Here

Notes

List of Works Consulted

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781553805793

1553805798

OCLC:

1369668335