NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

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James Anderson’s Mountain Portage

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 20, 2021 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company No Comments
James Anderson’s Mountain Portage

  James Anderson’s Map of the southern portion of the Mountain Portage,  from Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, E.37/29, and used with their permission.   The above map comes from the…

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James Birnie Retires

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 20, 2020 Fur Trade History, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
James Birnie Retires

James Birnie was a big man; a broad-shouldered and deep-chested man who stood six feet tall, according to Irene Martin, who wrote the book Beach of Heaven. He spoke in…

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Building a York Boat

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 18, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Building a York Boat

As I am reading through the Fort Selkirk post journals, I realized the HBC men at that post are building a York Boat. From scratch! Now, this is interesting! So…

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John Charles

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 15, 2020 Deaths and Murders, York Factory Express
John Charles

John Charles led out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay in 1849. He did not make it home again, but was shot and killed at Campement d’Orignal, or Moose…

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John Greig

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 25, 2020 Metis in the West, York Factory Express
John Greig

John Greig worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company for five years, but after his retirement he told stories of his journey across the continent with the incoming York Factory Express,…

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