FOR THE HBC MEN, COLLINS GULCH allowed them an easy way up the south side of the Tulameen Plateau (you probably know this as the #Coquihalla). The path over the hill and down the western slopes of the plateau was not so easy to travel, and the HBC men had more troubles there than anywhere on their long trail to #FortLangley #BC https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/collins-gulch/

IN 1848, THE HBC MEN MADE A HORRENDOUSLY DIFFICULT JOURNEY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THAT RAN between #FortLangley and #Kamloops, but they survived it. Henry Newsham Peers kept the journal of that historic brigade journey. #TheHBCBrigades #BookSky https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/henry-newsham-peers-journal/

AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE MASSACRE OF THE MISSIONARIES AT WAIILATPU, the #HBC men change their route and took in their trade goods over the mountains between #FortLangley and #Kamloops. They had a horrific and very difficult journey up the Fraser River to Kequeloose, where they took to the hills.... #AmWriting #History https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/1848-brigade/

THE SALISH WOOL DOG WAS DESCRIBED BY THE EARLY HBC MEN IN THE REGION. They belonged to First Nations people and were farmed: their hair being combed out and mixed with other wools, being woven into blankets. A.C. Anderson saw these blankets for the first time in 1846, as he descended the Fraser River on one of his expeditions to #FortLangley and return. #History #WriteSky https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/salish-wool-dog/

THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE BUILT MANY FRAGILE AND SHAKY BRIDGES UP AND DOWN THE ROCKY CANYONS, so that they could make their way around the territory, and travel from #Kamloops to #FortLangley by the Fraser River itself. #BookSky #History https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/native-bridges/

FROM NICOLA LAKE, IN THE NICOLA VALLEY OF #BC, THE HBC MEN MADE THEIR WAY over the range of hills, to #Kamloops, at the end of their long excursion from that post to #FortLangley and return. #BookSky #History https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicola-lake/

IN 1846, ALEXANDER CAULFIELD ANDERSON AND HIS PARTY WALKED through Rhododendron Flats, on the banks of the Summalo River west of #FortLangley #BC where there is a beautiful, wild grove of California Rhododendron. #History #BookSky https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/rhododendron-flats/

IN 1846, CLERK ALEXANDER CAULFIELD ANDERSON EXPLORED for a new brigade trail between #Kamloops and #FortLangley. On his outgoing journey, he walked down the shores of Seton and Anderson Lake, to the #Lillooet River. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/anderson-seton-lakes/

THE HBC BRIGADE TRAILS HAD SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, AND WHEN ANDERSON set out on his search for a new trail from #Kamloops to #FortLangley, he had to keep all these different needs in mind. It was not an easy task when they were making their way through rugged mountain chains and down fierce rapid-filled rivers! #AmWriting #History https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hbc-brigades/

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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Jason Allard's stories of his father, who was manager of little Fort #Yale #BC and who also worked at #FortLangley. Jason himself also joined the HBC's fur trade and made his own stories. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/jason-allards-stories/

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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Donald McLean was one of the HBC men who led the brigades across the mountains between #FortLangley and #Kamloops. Here is what I know of him. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/donald-mclean/

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
"Wranglers" is the word that should be used for the men who worked in the HBC Brigades, as they herded their horses across the mountains from their interior posts to #FortLangley and return every year. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/wranglers/

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
In 1848, Henry Newsham Peers kept the journal of a very difficult brigade journey across the mountains that separated #FortLangley from #Kamloops #History #AmWriting
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FUR TRADE STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
In 1846, A.C. Anderson explored the Lillooet River, looking for a brigade route from #Kamloops to #FortLangley. This first exploration was a failure. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/lillooet-river/

FUR TRADE STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
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In 1846, Anderson left the #Kamloops post and explored for a new route to #FortLangley through Seton and Anderson Lakes. The first of these lakes he later named for his famous cousin... https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/anderson-seton-lakes/

FUR TRADE STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
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Jean-Baptiste Leolo was a prominent Indigenous man who worked mostly out of #Kamloops, but who often turned up at #FortLangley https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/jean-baptiste-leolo/

FUR TRADE STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
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Governor George Simpson and his party of men took their boats and canoes through the Fraser Canyon, and on to #FortLangley. Even Simpson thought they were lucky to have survived the journey. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twenty-eight/

FUR TRADE STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
In 1828, Governor George Simpson came down the North River to #Kamloops, on his way to the Fraser River and #FortLangley https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twenty-seven/

FUR TRADE STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
In this last post in the Two Canoes series, Governor Simpson and James Murray Yale successfully make their way through the Fraser Canyon to #FortLangley, travelling in small boats and canoes. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twenty-eight/

FUR TRADE STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
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Governor Simpson and his team of men descend the Thompson River to the junction of that river with the Fraser, meeting with the canoes of the other explorers who will now (foolishly) descend the Fraser River through its canyons to #FortLangley. Will they make it? https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twenty-three/