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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Ramparts of the Mackenzie River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 8, 2019 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems

So in July 1851, Robert Campbell reached the Peel’s River Post and began his journey to the Mackenzie River, which he would follow south to Fort Simpson. This year he…

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Oxford House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 11, 2019 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems
Oxford House

In about 1843, a young gentleman arrived by dogsled at Oxford House. “About the middle of our third day” of travel from York Factory, “we left the woods and, descending…

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Peel’s River Post

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 6, 2019 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems
Peel’s River Post

In the book, Two Journals of Robert Campbell, Early Journal – 1808 to 1851, Chief Factor Robert Campbell briefly described his crossing of the land portage from LaPierre’s House, on…

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The portage from Lapierre House to Peel’s River post

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 30, 2019 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems
The portage from Lapierre House to Peel’s River post

Before I add this post, I have a smidgen of an announcement to make. My book, The York Factory Express, will not be published in March and April as I…

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Robert Campbell’s “London Ships” Story

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 23, 2019 HBC Transportation Systems, London Ship
Robert Campbell’s “London Ships” Story

My father was a sheep-farmer in Perthshire, Scotland. I was born on the 21st February 1808, and received my education partly in my native Glen, and partly at Perth. My…

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