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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Grande Prairie

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 6, 2023 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
Grande Prairie

Here is another story from the Grande Prairie — yes, that place that we visited just a few short weeks ago. I found the beginnings of this in the little…

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Summerland

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 29, 2023 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails

  Sunday in Summerland is a day to relax, and we did do that. There were few goals to accomplish, except searching through bookstores for extra copies of the books…

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Westwold

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 23, 2023 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Westwold

  And so we began our next day exploring Falkland and Westwold, B.C., two towns that lie in the famous Grande Prairie. The phone number that David Gregory gave us…

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Priest’s Camp

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 15, 2023 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
Priest’s Camp

In my first blogpost in this series re: my Canada Council Grant, I told the story of how three Trail historians (Brigade Trail, Oregon Trail, Mullan Road, and more) explored…

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Canada Council Grant Jaunt

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 9, 2023 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Canada Council Grant Jaunt

  A Canada Council Grant can be a very important tool in an artist’s toolkit, and so let me tell you what it is and what I did with my…

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