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Paul Kane at Jasper’s House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 30, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express No Comments
Paul Kane at Jasper’s House

So, we just left Paul Kane watching as Montrose McGillivray punished a voyageur for stealing provisions of pemmican made with berries. The incoming York Factory Express party is travelling up…

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Fort Assiniboine

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 16, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Fort Assiniboine

Fort Assiniboine was one of many posts along the Athabasca River west of the mouth of the Clearwater River, although most posts on the river were located in the Jasper…

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Thomas Lowe and his London Ship journey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 19, 2020 HBC Transportation Systems, London Ship
Thomas Lowe and his London Ship journey

As I have already said at the beginning of this series, Thomas Lowe joined the fur trade of the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1841. In this post, and in a…

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Norway House fire

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 25, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Norway House fire

I am proofing my York Factory Express manuscript, which is an interesting process. It is a chance to catch errors, and I found one. This is what I said in…

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Artifacts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 20, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
Artifacts

Many are the historical artifacts that can be found among descendants of Hudson’s Bay Company employees, but for James Birnie and Alexander Caulfield Anderson descendants, our ancestors’s fur trade artifacts…

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