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Article: I married York Factory: Adeline (Ina) Goldring weds and is whisked north to Hudson Bay where kind hearts and grand adventures vanquish the isolation.(Your Story)(Travel narrative)
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- The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
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- December 1, 2006
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I was quite young--only twenty--when my husband and I were married in Middlechurch, Manitoba, in 1934. Immediately following our wedding Ed landed his first teaching position, arranged through the Anglican Church. He was asked to teach the native peoples living around historic York Factory, far away on the remote northern shore of Hudson Bay. We'd heard that was where Lord Selkirk's settlers had landed when they arrived in Canada. We'd also heard about their hardships--so initially, we were both somewhat dismayed. But then we started to think it could be an adventure, especially when we learned that we were to take the train to Gillam and then travel the next 200 ...
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York Factory.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;
January 1, 2000 ;
364 words
...York Factory, fur-trading post, NE Man., Canada, on Hudson Bay, at the mouth ... present post (built 1788-93) was a major warehouse for the Hudson's Bay Company. It was closed in 1957. In 1968 it became a National Historic Site ...
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