NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

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The York Factory Express for Booksellers

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 15, 2020 HBC Transportation Systems, York Factory Express
The York Factory Express for Booksellers

The annual York Factory Express journey to Hudson Bay, and its return as the Columbia Express, was unique to the Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur trade west of the Rocky Mountains…

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Descending the Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 22, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Descending the Hayes River

The York Factory Express left Fort Vancouver, 100 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River, in late March, and by mid-June were at Norway House, on Playgreen Lake. Their…

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Robert Campbell’s “London Ships” Story

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 23, 2019 HBC Transportation Systems, London Ship
Robert Campbell’s “London Ships” Story

My father was a sheep-farmer in Perthshire, Scotland. I was born on the 21st February 1808, and received my education partly in my native Glen, and partly at Perth. My…

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John Work’s Journey to the Columbia District, 1823

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 25, 2015 "Two Canoes", York Factory Express
John Work’s Journey to the Columbia District, 1823

July 1823, Friday 18. Having received orders to that effect I embarked with Mr. [Peter Skene] Ogden for the Columbia with two light canoes, four men in each. Mr. Lewis…

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The Historic Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 4, 2015 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
The Historic Hayes River

In 1826, Lieutenant Aemilius Simpson described his departure from York Factory: “We Embarked from York Factory at 3pm and commenced our journey across the Continent of North America. Our brigade…

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