NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

An Accidental Historian, writing about the people who worked in the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories!

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Indian Reserve Commissioners at Musqueam

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 7, 2017 Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, Indian Reserve Journals
Indian Reserve Commissioners at Musqueam

This is my second post in the series that covers the Indian Reserve Commission Journals kept by Alexander Caulfield Anderson in 1876 and 1877. In my last post, http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/indian-reserve-journals/ the…

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Bridge River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 26, 2017 Brigade Trails, Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia
Bridge River

I find that, entirely by accident, two threads (stories) I am telling merge at the same place: at what the HBC men called Bridge River! But, as you can see…

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John Stuart, and the Brigade trails in B.C.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 11, 2017 Brigade Trails, Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, Writing
John Stuart, and the Brigade trails in B.C.

In 1805, the Nor’Westers Paul Fraser, and John Stuart, entered New Caledonia via the Peace River, establishing a post at Trout Lake [McLeod Lake]. Fraser left Jean Baptiste Boucher [Waccan,…

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1843 Brigade Trail: Green Lake to Horse Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 6, 2017 Brigade Trails, Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia
1843 Brigade Trail: Green Lake to Horse Lake

This is the most difficult part of the trail to write about, as there are two routes in this part of the country, neither of them well known. One is…

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Arrow Lakes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 28, 2016 Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, York Factory Express
Arrow Lakes

The Arrow Lakes, as they existed before the waters of the Columbia River were raised by the dams along its length, must have been a spectacular place, with its two…

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