Hi Victoria Thanks for the map link you sent---I never would have thought there were so many routes! Bet they just loved Lady Simpson for carting that piano all over the place by canoe,can you imagine? Since your e-mail I have learned my gr.father was a farmer and that he found himself in the Virden area and lived the rest of his life there so I would think he would have come here by way of Lower Fort Garry. Take care and Happy Hunting!! Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: Victoria <victoria@pangea.ca> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: December 2, 2000 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] EARLY TRAVEL? > Hi Judith, > It would probably be easier to find, if you knew the destination. Fort > Garry? or York Factory? or ???? and his occupation when he arrived here. > Waterways were the way to travel in the early 1800's, and there is a route > map@ > http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/canhist/canoe/can34pho.html > This was the route taken by Sir George and Lady Frances Simpson., but as > you can see, by the map, he travelled all over Western Canada. I vaguely > remember learning somewhere that she brought her piano by canoe to Lower > Fort Garry. Another travel route was from Moose Factory via James Bay to > York Factory on Hudson's Bay. > The Provincial Archives have a huge section on the Hudson's Bay Company and > it is at: > http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/genealogy/gen_text/hbca_fur1892_1987.html > These dates may be a bit early, but then one, after travelling on a ship > from England,can only imagine that any boat would be small to our ancestors. > Hopefully this will be of help to you. > Victoria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jleech4" <jleech4@home.com> > To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 12:04 AM > Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] EARLY TRAVEL? > > > | hello all I am hoping someone out there can answer this query for me . > When my gr.father came to Canada from England in 1884 he landed in Ontario > and then on to Manitoba. I have been told that when he came to Man. it was > not by land (as I had assumed) but by "small boat". ) any ideas on what > route they may have taken? thanks for any and all ideas.Judith > | researching LEECH/WARDLE > | > | > | ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > | Canada GenWeb Awards > | http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6625/cgwaward.html > | Vote for your favourite CanadaGenWeb site > | > | ============================== > | Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > | Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > | http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > | > | > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Manitoba GenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >