NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

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William Brown, and other stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 10, 2022 "The HBC Brigades", "York Factory Express"
William Brown, and other stories

William Brown was a spear-thrower in my book, The York Factory Express. You will find him mentioned in my book on page 17, when in his Fort St. James journal,…

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Paul Kane at Boat Encampment

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 4, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
Paul Kane at Boat Encampment

This blogpost is a continuation of the Paul Kane thread, wherein he is travelling out of the territory West of the Rocky Mountains with the Fall Express. The year is…

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Shipping at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 26, 2022 "Headquarters", London Ship
Shipping at Fort Vancouver

It is time to write a little more about Thomas Lowe’s experiences at Fort Vancouver, and so we will now do it. We have just come through the Fort Vancouver…

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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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The Story of a Ship

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 12, 2022 "Journeys", Deaths and Murders
The Story of a Ship

As you already know from the hints I have dropped, something DID happen in the frozen wastes of Adelaide Peninsula when James Anderson and his crew of men were there.…

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