The Hayes River Route
by James Munroe
Map from Canadian Heritage Rivers System (www.chrs.ca)
The Hayes River was a major route used by fur traders and native people. This was also the way the Selkirk Settlers took to reach Lake Winnipeg and then the Red River Settlement, after landing off Hudson’s Bay. The river begins near Norway House and runs NE through Oxford and Knee Lakes, reaching Hudson’s Bay at York Factory, a distance of 600 kms.
A loading dock on the Hayes River at York Factory c. 1880 (National Archives of Canada)
