From west to east, Fort Vancouver to York Factory, the express route ran as follows. Up the Columbia River past the posts of [[Fort Nez Perces]], [[Fort Okanogan]], and [[Fort Colville|Fort Colvile]] to [[Boat Encampment]] (today under [[Kinbasket Lake]]), then over [[Athabasca Pass]] to [[Jasper, Alberta|Jasper House]], down the [[Athabasca River]] to [[Fort Assiniboine]], then overland 80 miles (129 km) along the [[Athabasca Landing Trail]] to [[Fort Edmonton]]; thence down the [[North Saskatchewan River]] and [[Saskatchewan River]] to [[Lake Winnipeg]] and via [[Norway House, Manitoba|Norway House]] on the [[Nelson River]]. Finally the brigade would travel down the [[Hayes River]] to York Factory on Hudson Bay.