NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

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Betsy Birnie

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 29, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Betsy Birnie

Betsy was the eldest daughter of James and Charlot Birnie, born in 1822 at the North West Company’s Spokane House. She was a toddler at Fort Okanogan. When she was…

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Thomas Lowe and the York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 2, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
Thomas Lowe and the York Factory Express

Thomas Lowe worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company from 1842 to his retirement in 1849, and he kept journals of his experiences in the Columbia district the entire time he…

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York Boats

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 9, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory Express
York Boats

When the men, who travelled in the outgoing York Factory Express from Fort Vancouver, reached Edmonton House, they were absorbed into the Saskatchewan brigades that carried their packs of furs…

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The New Caledonia brigades head up the Nechako River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 26, 2018 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
The New Caledonia brigades head up the Nechako River

So, in 1826 Chief Factor William Connolly and his brigades paddled by the temporarily closed Fort George [Prince George], heading upriver to Fort James. In 1831, Peter Warren Dease stopped…

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Peter Warren Dease travels north from Fort Alexandria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 12, 2018 Brigade Trail Journals, Hudson's Bay Company
Peter Warren Dease travels north from Fort Alexandria

So it is now time for me to bring Peter Warren Dease north from Fort Alexandria to Fort George [Prince George]. Dease’s journals are usually quite brief: but I would…

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