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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Pierre Pambrun Jr.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 27, 2018 Deaths and Murders, Metis in the West
Pierre Pambrun Jr.

There is more to Pierre Pambrun’s story, it seems — I am referring to the story told in my last post found here: http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/cannibalism-again/ There is, of course, always more!…

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Reverend Staines

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 17, 2018 Fort Victoria stories, Fur Trade History
Reverend Staines

In 1850, James Robert Anderson, and his older sister, Eliza Charlotte, traveled over the brigade trail from Fort Colvile with their father, Alexander Caulfield Anderson, to attend the school in…

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Saskatchewan Horses

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 27, 2018 Fur Trade History, HBC Transportation Systems
Saskatchewan Horses

Did you know that the HBC men west of the Rocky Mountains imported horses from the Saskatchewan district to increase the number of horses in their own district? They did…

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Collin’s Gulch

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 28, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Collin’s Gulch

In 1849, Deputy-Governor Eden Colvile traveled into the New Caledonia by the Peace River route. As he said in his letter to Sir J. H. Pelly, written from Fort Victoria…

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