Talk:York Factory Express
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Canada and related WikiProjects, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles on Canada-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project member page, to join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. |
| Start | This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale. |
| Mid | This article has been rated as mid-importance on the importance scale. |
 |
|
 |
This page is part of WikiProject Oregon, a WikiProject dedicated to articles related to the U.S. state of Oregon. To participate: join (or just read up) at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion. |
|
| PSU stuff & Applegate Trail are the current Collaborations of the week. | ||
| Start | This page is rated as Start-Class on the quality scale. | |
| Low | This article is rated as Low-importance on the importance scale. | |
[edit] Map
I'll try to get around to adding a map before long. Pfly (talk) 04:02, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Simpson in 1820s
I'm pretty sure that was an inspection tour of the new company turf, in the wake of the integration with the NWC just previously, part p.r., part oversight (in the context of overseer) and show-of-pomp to impress not only the customers/indigenous peoples but also company staff in the region; J. Morris doesn't quite say that but "pomp" as company style/policy was something that continued on as tradition; Douglas was famous for it, even in his early days in New Caledonia; shows of grandeur; find that Morris-quote account youll scan what I mean (hmmm maybe I know where it is...). Anmyway I'd add something about the purpose of his visit it would be good to say something briefly but I don't have the cite ready...and am damned long-winded anyway...another consideration to realize here is the genesis of the term Pacific Northwest partly because of the Northwest Company; the company operating in the Northwest, in the same context Columbia Department/District re Columbia; the Northwest as axiomatically the Northwest Company's turf and the Pacific Northwest being that part of it on the Pacific Slope, as I believe was anothr term originating in that period, perhaps even in that account re Simpson. Anyway the etymology of Pacific Northwest is a topic for another page, another time, but it's an interesting notion, no? Not that the Northwest Company had a Pacific Northwest Department/District....or - ?? Hmmm. Any idea what the Fort George office was addressed as within NWC organizational charts?Skookum1 (talk) 05:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Boat Encampment on map, pls
I just stubbed this up, potentially it could be a very large article, despite never having been much of a town (which it was for a while...). It was the major staging ground between the Prairie forts and Fort Colville; I'm wondering if you could add it to the map so the map could double as an illustration for the Boat Encampment article.Skookum1 (talk) 06:17, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
