[ERMATINGER] YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL 93 
Atha River—1827. 
May 4th.—proceed by canoe to Jasper’s House 
5th.—Embark at 44 a.m. Encamp at 7 p.m. 
6th— “ 54 at 10—Mr. McDougal and 4 men from N. 
Caledonia have been on the River 9 
days—Ice bound. 
7th.—Proceed—arrive at Fort Assiniboine at 8 p.m. 
Sth & 9th.—Fine weather—10th, 11th & 12th—thick snow 
14th.— af iy Start for Edmonton 56 horses and 
men proceed say 5 miles thro’ woods. 
15th.— S rar wees ‘“‘ roads bad horses too weak 
to travel 
16th.— cs 13 “ mire roads thro’ thick woods 
ley be [ae 19 dé ve cc ce [a (74 
18th.— iS REG Fes he 
19th.— de Berland’s Lake 
20th.— ros ES 
21st.— a “12 “ fresh horses from Edmonton 
22nd.— oe “925 “arrive at Edmonton 
Probably 100 miles, counting distance on 19th. 
II 
Journal of a Voyage from York Factory to Fort Vancouver, Columbia 
River—1827 
July— 
14th.—Saturday, Wet weather. Mosquitoes very numerous. 
Left VW! 4 before 5 o’clock before 5 p.m. with 3 boats manned 
by 24 men. Encamped at + past 9 o’clock below the 18 mile Island? 
15th.—Fine weather. Started at daylight. Stopt 1 hour for break- 
fast—afterwards hoisted sail with a fresh breeze and continued sailing 
all day. Encamped about 9 p.m. a little above the mouth of Steel 
River.? | 

! York Factory. 
? This name does not appear on maps, but the name indicates that it was 18 
miles from York. The route taken is that via Hayes river. 
8 In H. B. Co. nomenclature, the portion of Hayes river between the mouth of 
Fox river and mouth of Shamattawa river was called Steel river. They were, there- 
fore, a little above the confluence of the Shamattawa. 
