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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Carlton House Journal

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 1, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Carlton House Journal

From John Stuart’s Carlton House Journals of 1824-25 we find some unexpected information about the Hudson’s Bay Company west of the Rocky Mountains, and the creation of the York Factory…

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The men in the 1826 York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 30, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
The men in the 1826 York Factory Express

Many of the men who travelled in the York Factory Express worked west of the Rocky Mountains for many years — some worked here for just a year or so.…

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All Canadian Route 2

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 10, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
All Canadian Route 2

Well, this week we will catch these Ontario “greenhorns” up to all the other groups of men who, in previous posts, are attempting to find their way to the Klondike…

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The Klondike Trail

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 1, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
The Klondike Trail

The Klondike trail is very interesting to me, but not because it led gold-miners into the goldfields on the Yukon River. This was an old trail, used for the first…

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Two Canoes: the Athabasca River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 8, 2017 "Two Canoes", HBC Transportation Systems
Two Canoes: the Athabasca River

I am really allergic today (and have been all week) — so much so that I can hardly write at all, and will post something that does not involve a…

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