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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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Thomas Lowe at Sea

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 10, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
Thomas Lowe at Sea

Thomas Lowe joined the fur trade of the Hudson’s Bay Company from Scotland in 1841, and set off on his journey to Fort Vancouver, near the mouth of the Columbia…

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HBCA Digitization Program

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 27, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
HBCA Digitization Program

My book, The York Factory Express, IS available for pre-order through the publisher. Please use this page on his website to order: http://www.ronsdalepress.com/york-factory-express-the/ So this is what I am writing…

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Men in the 1827 York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 7, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Men in the 1827 York Factory Express

Edward Ermatinger took out the 1827 York Factory Express, and he kept a journal which has been published in Journal of the Royal Society of Canada, in 1912. The nice…

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