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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The HBC ship Cadboro

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 4, 2023 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories 2 Comments
The HBC ship Cadboro

It is November 1844, and we are continuing Thomas Lowe’s stories of the happenings at Fort Vancouver, the HBC headquarters near the mouth of the Columbia River — one hundred…

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Fort Victoria’s Missing Years

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 25, 2023 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories No Comments
Fort Victoria’s Missing Years

  There are a few missing years in Fort Victoria’s early history: mainly between Summer 1844, when the Fort Victoria well was discovered, and 1846, when the Fort Victoria journals…

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West Coast Christmas

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 17, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
West Coast Christmas

Even in the early days on the west coast of North America, the HBC men celebrated Christmas in much the same way as they had done at home, that is,…

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Fort Victoria Well

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 19, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
Fort Victoria Well

Fort Victoria had a number of places from which they could get the water they needed for the new post. However, the first summer they were there was a summer…

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Douglas’s Royal Navy

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 10, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
Douglas’s Royal Navy

This is a continuation of my first and second Royal Navy posts, and will deal with Governor James Douglas and the Royal Navy on the Northwest Coast after 1854. In…

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  • French River March 18, 2023
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  • The HBC ship Cadboro March 4, 2023
  • Fort Victoria’s Missing Years February 25, 2023
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