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Happy New Year

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 26, 2020 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company 2 Comments
Happy New Year

We have learned from my last post that Christmas Day in the HBC fur trade tended to be quiet and restful, with little trouble from anyone. So let’s see what…

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Merry Christmas

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 19, 2020 Fort Victoria stories, Hudson's Bay Company
Merry Christmas

It is Christmas Day at the end of this week, and for the fun of it I am reporting on as many fur trade Christmases as I can find. We…

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Paul Kane leaves Edmonton House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 28, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Paul Kane leaves Edmonton House

“We remained at Edmonton till the morning of the 6th [October],” Paul Kane wrote, “preparing for the arduous journey which now lay before us.” Paul Kane was travelling west with…

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John Stuart’s Notes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 8, 2020 Brigade Trails, Fur Trade History
John Stuart’s Notes

This is a lovely little document I discovered a few years ago, and want to look at it again. It was written in 1840 by John Stuart, and I suspect…

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Fort Colvile farm

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 15, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Fort Colvile farm

J. Orin Oliphant wrote an excellent article on “Old Fort Colville [Colvile]”, and I am again dipping into it to discover what farm animals were to be found there over…

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