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YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"At but two Miles below the Shoots, we came to the Dalles Rapids, a long & intricate chain rushing with great force through a number of narrow & Crooked Channels, bounded by huge Masses of perpendicular Rock, the faces very much fractured, giving them a number of fantastic shapes. At 6.30 pm we Encampt about 3 Leagues below the Dalles, when we were visited by a number of Indians who got the usual donation of Tobacco. #CanadaHistory #Books #HistoricJourney Home

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"The morning Showery. We Embarked at 4 am, having descended the River SE about 4 Leagues we arrived at the confluence of the Yaccama #Yakima River falling in from the West. It is to the confluence of this River the HBC proposes removing the Establishment of #WallaWalla. On descending about 3 Leagues further we arrived at the Junction of Lewis & Clark's Branch, the supposed boundary of the United States... #CanadaHistory #WAHistory #AmWritingHistory #Books

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"The View of the Boats running these rapids, with the wild character of the Scenery, which was much heightened by the Fog, is rather terrrific. They dashed down the rapids as if to an inevitable destruction, and were soon beyond the view of the Spectator and at the foot of the rapids, without having received further inury than Shipping a good deal of water. The running of rapids is an operation that requires great skill and coolness. #CanadaHistory #Books

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"The Indians erect stages & have Baskets very ingeniously placed over the Kettle Falls, by which means they catch great numbers of Salmon, when leaping the falls,as they ascend the River. A few miles below these falls are the Grand Rapids, formed by projecting Masses of Rock obstructing the course of the Columbia River. As we descend we pass a dense population of Indians Encampt in Mat Huts along the banks of the River... #History #Books #CanadaHistory

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"A slight frost during the night followed by fine clear Weather. Mr. John Warren Dease requiring a Copy of the minutes of Council and some other arrangements being necessary, we remained at Fort Colvile for the Day. I availed myself of this opportunity of taking a few sets of Lunars & I took a more general view of this interesting face of country. The Indians are numerous about this establishment, they all appear furnished with Horses... #CanadaHistory #Books

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
The Grand Coulee was a geological feature of Washington Territory before the Columbia River was dammed. But the Express men did not usually use the trail that ran through it: altho' in 1848, and because of the Indian wars that threatened their regular route, Thomas Lowe reached Fort Colvile by the Grand Coulee trail. #Blogpost #WAHistory #CanadaHistory #HistoricJourney to Hudson Bay and Return. http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/grand-coulee/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"Morning fine and clear Weather, but towards Day light a Thick Fog hung over the bed of the Columbia River #BC. At 6.45 we completed our Descent of the Arrow Lake, which I estimate to be about 20 Leagues in extent. We then re-entered the River. Immediatly below this Entry, McGillivray's [Kootenay] River joins the main Branch #CastlegarBC It is a River of considerable importance & appears little less than the River we follow. #CanadaHistory #Books #AmWriting

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"At 4 am we embarked when we descended the Columbia River for 5 Leagues and then Entered the Arrow Lake #BC, which we continued to descend for the remainder of the Day. In the afternoon we had a favourable breeze from the NE to which we spread our Oil Cloth, and assisted us a good deal. This Lake is generally very narrow for so extensive a sheet of water, seldom exceeding two Miles.
"The Water of this Lake has a sea green colour... #BCHistory #CanadaHistory

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
James Douglas was a clerk when he led out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay in 1835. He however returned to the Columbia District as a Chief Trader, having received his commission at the annual meeting of the HBC Council. Perhaps knowing he was to receive the commission made him so anxious to begin his journey so early.... http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/clerk-james-douglas/ #History #CanadaHistory #Blogpost

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"At 4.30 pm we completed our descent of the Upper Arrow Lake #BC when we re-entered the River, but our Boat having again fallen in the rear, we Encampt for the night so as to allow her to come up before dark.
"Thursday. This morning Hazy. At 4 am we Embarked when we descended the River for 5 Leagues and then Entered the Arrow Lake, which we continued to descend for the remainder of the Day. Noon fine but Cloudy. In the afternoon... #CanadaHistory #Bookstodon
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YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"Commenced with rain, which continued until 8 am, accompanied with Strong Breezes from the SW, retarding our progress greatly. One of our Boats having fallen out of sight astern we waited her arrival. We passed a few of the Lake Indians who were engaged in fishing Salmon, the most miserable looking fish I ever beheld, being in the last stage of existence after having continued their ascent from the Sea this great distance... #CanadaHistory #BCHistory #Books

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"The Morning Hazy. At 7 am we run the Upper Dalles Rapids [Death Rapid, BC], a very grand shoot, the running of which is atended with considerable Danger and requires great Skill on the part of the Steersman & Bowsman. The passengers & paper chest are landed at the head of the rapids, a very proper precaution. One of our Boats struck a stone in running the rapids, but fortunately escaped without considerable Damage... #CanadaHistory #Bookstodon #Books

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
""Rain during the night, the Morning Foggy. Our crews were Employed during the early part of the day arranging our Boats and preparing for our Voyage down the Columbia River. Noon fine. Our arrangements being completed, we wished Mr. Finan McDonald & those bound across the Rocky Mountains farewell, and Embarked at a quarter past noon, and Commenced our Descent of the Columbia, our party being Embarked in three Boats... #CanadaHistory #Bookstodon #AmWriting

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"Commenced Gloomy with rain. We continue our Journey at 6.30 am & proceeded along a Batture intersected by various branches of the Wood River, which oblidges us to cross a number of them. On coming to the foot of this Batture we Entered a Wood, thro' which the Track is particularly bad from the great quantity of fallen Trees, some of an enormoussize, lying across the path. In other places there are Bogs into which the Horses sink. #CanadaHistory #Bookstodon

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"As you descend the Mountain, the face of the Country assumes quite a new character, the production now becomes very different and you are struck with the enormous size of the Trees which cover the face of the country. I measured one on the face of the Hill, whose Girth was sixteen feet, and it did not surpass in size many in its immediate neighbourhood, their height in proportion. This was a Pine, which with the Cedar... #Boostodon #Books #CanadaHistory

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"On arriving at the foot of the Grand Cote, and looking back upon the immense Mountain that you have just descended, you cannot avoid feeling some degree of amazement at the feat you have performed, and the idea forces itself upon the mind, that this is by no means an agreeable barrier between separated friends. How the poor Horses with their loads succeeded in getting down this immense Hill is most extraordinary. #Canada #CanadaHistory #AlbertaHistory #Books

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"The River has now dwindled away to a pretty stream, its course very much through flats or Batures confined by stupendous mountains, in some places again it forces its way thro' ravines and Cliffs of Rock. We passed immense glaciers of Ice, that appear from the earliest time to have resisted the power of the Sun, and are now as compact as the Mountains that enclose them, they impart a frigidity to the atmosphere... #CanadaHistory #Books #HistoricJourney Home

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"This day has been occupied in making arrangements for our Journey across the Portage, & the separation of the brigades for the Columbia & New Caledonia. The latter pursue a Route that has thitherto been passed by few, report says it is a good one which soon leads them to the Head Waters of Fraser's River.
"Tuesday. A sharp frost during the night with fine and clear Weather. Thermometer this Morning at the freezing Point... #CanadaHistory #Books #Bookstodon

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"Fine and clear weather. Embarked at 5 am and continued our ascent of the Athabasca River. On having done so for a few Miles, we Entered a small Lake #JasperLake which was so shallow that we had considerable difficulty in finding a passage through it, & had to make a Portage over some sand banks, which detained us considerably. The proper channel lies along the Mountains on our right. Additional ranges of Mountains present themselves... #CanadaHistory #Books