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!

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Landmarks on the Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 22, 2018 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Landmarks on the Hayes River

As you know I have been taking a holiday, spending time in the Archives and also in editing my third book. You can order my books, The HBC Brigades, and…

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Anderson Lake to Lillooet Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 8, 2018 "The HBC Brigades", A Literary A. C. Anderson
Anderson Lake to Lillooet Lake

In this post we continue with the story of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s expedition from the Kamloops post to Fort Langley in 1846. This is the first of the four “explorations”…

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The Klondike Trail

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 1, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
The Klondike Trail

The Klondike trail is very interesting to me, but not because it led gold-miners into the goldfields on the Yukon River. This was an old trail, used for the first…

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Fort Selkirk Post Journals

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 18, 2018 "Journeys", Deaths and Murders
Fort Selkirk Post Journals

It amazes me what I can find when I am looking for something else! What also amazes me is the amount of information that is freely available on the internet.…

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“Indian Mounds”

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 11, 2018 Fur Trade History, Natives in the Fur Trade
“Indian Mounds”

In following up another story, I discovered this one on “Indian Mounds” on a river that was supposed to be called the Deschutes, or “Falls River.” This river was supposed…

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