Editing Fort Vancouver (section)

==Express==
{{Main|York Factory Express}}
[[File:York-Factory-Express.png|thumb|Route of the HBC York Factory Express, 1820s to 1840s. Modern political boundaries shown.]]

Fort Vancouver was supplied in part through the overland [[York Factory Express]]. It originated from a route used by the NWC between Fort George to Fort William on [[Lake Superior]].{{sfn|Mackie|1997|p=61}} Each spring two brigades were sent, one from Fort Vancouver and the other from [[York Factory]]. A typical brigade consisted of about forty to seventy five men. These men carried supplies, furs and correspondence by boat, horseback and in backpacks for various HBC posts and personnel along the route. Furs stored at the York Factory would in turn be sold at [[London]] in an annual fur sale. Indians along the way were often paid in trade goods to help them portage around falls and unnavigable rapids.