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 Louchameen [Zouchameen] Road

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 22, 2017 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Louchameen [Zouchameen] Road

In late 1858, Lieutenant Henry Spencer Palmer of the Royal Engineers arrived at Fort Victoria with the second batch of soldiers. By late summer of 1859, he was assigned to…

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Two Canoes: Peace River Canyon

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 15, 2017 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes: Peace River Canyon

In 1828, Governor George Simpson and Chief Trader Archibald McDonald made their way from Hudson Bay to the Peace River, on their way west to Fort Langley. McDonald had been…

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Two Canoes: the Athabasca River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 8, 2017 "Two Canoes", HBC Transportation Systems
Two Canoes: the Athabasca River

What shall I write about today? A question often asked, and almost always answered. Lets do John Work’s journal, as he travels up the Athabasca River west of newly constructed…

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The Bully of Fort Nisqually

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 1, 2017 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Bully of Fort Nisqually

There is another brigade trail which I keep forgetting to mention: of course, until recently I did not know a lot about it. In fact I was quite surprised, only…

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New Caledonia Brigades Travel up the North River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 24, 2017 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
New Caledonia Brigades Travel up the North River

Today we will continue with our brigade journey north of Kamloops, up the North Thompson River toward the modern day town of Little Fort. Anderson rode over this trail when…

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