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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Athabasca Pass

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 3, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express No Comments
Athabasca Pass

In 1826, Aemilius Simpson came west with the incoming York Factory Express: otherwise called the Columbia Express for its destination on the Columbia River. This was his first time across…

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Devil’s Club

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 19, 2018 Native plants & foods, York Factory Express
Devil’s Club

You may wonder why I am beginning a post with this subject — wonder no longer. Devil’s Club is a poisonous plant that grows everywhere in the province of B.C.,…

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York Factory Express: Crossing of the Continental Divide to the West

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 10, 2016 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
York Factory Express: Crossing of the Continental Divide to the West

In this nineteenth leg of the long journey to Hudson Bay and return, I am going to post James Douglas’s 1835 journal. For me it is the most interesting, as…

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