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Closing Fort Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 2, 2019 "The Pathfinder: A.C. Anderson's Journeys in the West.", Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia No Comments
Closing Fort Simpson

I want to make it clear immediately that the Fort Simpson I am speaking of here is NOT the Fort Simpson that stood on the banks of the Mackenzie River.…

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Two Canoes: John Work comes down the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 31, 2018 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes: John Work comes down the Columbia River

So in the last John Work journal, he and Peter Skene Ogden had reached Boat Encampment, having come down the Big Hill from Athabasca Pass. The year is 1823 —…

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Two Canoe Journeys

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 23, 2016 "Two Canoes", HBC Transportation Systems
Two Canoe Journeys

This is the beginning of a new series, which covers two separate canoe journeys made from York Factory, by different routes to the West side of the Rocky Mountains. The…

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Fort Okanogan to Fort Nez Perces

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 11, 2015 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
Fort Okanogan to Fort Nez Perces

At Fort Okanogan, the brigades prepared to descend the Columbia River to Fort Nez Perces [Walla Walla] and Fort Vancouver, their headquarters a hundred miles inland from the mouth of…

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  • A Winter Encampment February 15, 2019
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  • Closing Fort Simpson February 2, 2019
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