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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Old Fort Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 6, 2022 Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, Fur Trade History No Comments
Old Fort Simpson

The work of building the new Fort Simpson continued, with clerk James Birnie keeping the post journal and taking overall charge of building the new post on the northwest coast,…

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Anderson on Montreal Island

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 30, 2022 "Journeys", Fur Trade History No Comments
Anderson on Montreal Island

The year is 1855, and James Anderson and his party of men, which includes James Green Stewart, have paddled down the Back, or Great Fish River. On August 1 they…

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Ottawa River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 23, 2022 Fur Trade History, HBC Transportation Systems No Comments
Ottawa River

The rapids-filled Ottawa River led the North West Company voyageurs, and the later HBC Lachine Brigades, northward from the Lake of the Two Mountains to the mouth of the Mattawa…

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Thomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 25, 2022 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Thomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver

On June 15, 1843, Thomas Lowe arrived at Fort Vancouver, at the mouth of the Columbia River, after having served both at the northwest coast post of Fort Durham, and…

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James Anderson on Chantrey Inlet

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 11, 2022 "Journeys", Fur Trade History
James Anderson on Chantrey Inlet

As we know, James Anderson, his clerk James Green Stewart, and their men, are making their way down the Great Fish River to the Arctic Ocean, in search of evidence…

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  • Thomas Lowe’s Summer 1844 August 13, 2022
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