John Kirk Townsend
John Kirk Townsend was a naturalist who trekked west to the Columbia River, travelling in with Nathaniel Wyeth’s 1834 expedition. He spent two years in the Columbia district before traveling…
Read moreNotes re the Liard River
I found a lovely little document the other day, while I was looking for something else. It is James Anderson’s Notes on the Navigation of the West Branch or Liard…
Read moreLac La Hache (Axe Lake)
I would love to know how Lac la Hache got its name, but I only know that it is named for an axe which apparently was lost in its waters,…
Read moreA Childhood at Fort Alexandria, Fraser River
Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s children grew up at Fort Alexandria, on the Upper Fraser River, where they had dozens of people who looked after them. James Robert Anderson was born at…
Read moreCannibalism
As you will see in this post, http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/the-murderer/ , there was an Indigenous man at the Fort Alexandria post that creeped everyone else out, because of his supposed direct involvement…
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