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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Ottawa River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 23, 2022 Fur Trade History, HBC Transportation Systems
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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Canots-du-Maitre

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 4, 2022 Fur Trade History, HBC Transportation Systems
Canots-du-Maitre

This is part of the thread that takes us from Lachine to the Great Lakes, and I discovered two more books on the fur trade, and looked up what they…

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David Douglas goes home

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 28, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas goes home

In this post, botanist David Douglas heads for home in England, after his journey down the Athabasca River with the outgoing York Factory Express. Edward Ermatinger was the leader of…

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David Douglas’s Athabasca River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 26, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas’s Athabasca River

In 1827, botanist David Douglas travelled with the outgoing York Factory Express down the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House. From the height of the Rocky Mountains, as shown above, the…

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David Douglas’s Rockies

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 19, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas’s Rockies

In 1827, botanist David Douglas travelled out of the Columbia District with Edward Ermatinger’s outgoing York Factory Express. In this section of his journal we will be reading a description…

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