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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Métis Bison Hunts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 3, 2020 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Métis Bison Hunts

“As some of my readers may not be acquainted with the Red River Settlement I will give a short account of it here,” Augustus Peers wrote in the 1840s, “although…

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Wicked River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 5, 2020 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems
Wicked River

The Rivière Maligne, otherwise known as the Wicked River, earned its ferocious nick-name over the years.  The Maligne was, of course, the Sturgeon-Weir River that led the early free-traders, the…

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Birchbark Canoes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 2, 2020 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Birchbark Canoes

From a book titled Canoe Crossings, I learned that what made birchbark canoes so special was that the grain of the bark that covered them was transverse rather than longitudinal.…

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Spring Thaw

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 11, 2020 "Journeys", York Factory Express
Spring Thaw

As you can guess, it is very difficult to travel via dog sled when the ice on the lakes is melting in springtime. Even the shallow Echimamish River, that crossed…

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Fire Bag

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 4, 2020 "Journeys", "The Brigades", York Factory Express

The fire bag was an important piece of equipment to the Canadien voyageur, and to anyone else who travelled in the wilderness. Why? you might ask. Here is the answer,…

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