Nancy Marguerite Anderson

Fraser River goldrush

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 3, 2024 "Headquarters", "The HBC Brigades"

In 1858, the Fraser River goldrush brought American goldminers to Fort Victoria, and eventually they made their way to the lower Fraser River. They were a pretty interesting group of…

HMS America

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 27, 2024 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories

The story of the British frigate HMS America is an especially interesting story, as it involves the history of both Forts Victoria and Vancouver. There are some very interesting characters…

Donald McLean

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 29, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails

I just spent two weeks creating the Index for The HBC Brigades, and it was an exhausting chore! Please, remind me to never again write a book that has so…

Oars or Paddles

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 8, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems

Did the HBC men use oars or paddles in their boats? I would have thought paddles, but I think I am not correct in every instance. So, let’s find out!…

Jean-Baptiste Leolo

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 25, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", Natives in the Fur Trade

Jean-Baptiste Leolo (also known as Jean-Baptiste Lolo) was an important man in British Columbia, and more specifically, Kamloops’s history — and he still is, right up to the modern-day. He…

NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

An Accidental Historian, writing about the people who worked in the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories!

Fraser River goldrush

HMS America

Donald McLean

Oars or Paddles

Jean-Baptiste Leolo