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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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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Cumberland House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 6, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Cumberland House

There is little mention of the York Factory Express and Saskatchewan Brigades passing through Cumberland House in the post journals in the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives. Nevertheless, there is lots…

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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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Fort Colvile Mill

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 7, 2020 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Colvile Mill

My great-grandfather Alexander Caulfield Anderson built one of the many Fort Colvile mills that existed at that fort over the years between 1829 and 1851. However, I really have little…

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John Greig

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 25, 2020 Metis in the West, York Factory Express
John Greig

John Greig worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company for five years, but after his retirement he told stories of his journey across the continent with the incoming York Factory Express,…

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