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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Descending the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 1, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Descending the Columbia River

I thought that for this series on the Columbia River, I might be able to access and read Samuel Black’s journal of his descent of the river in 1825. He…

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Sioux Island Rapid

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 17, 2019 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Sioux Island Rapid

This is a short blogpost today — mostly because I had a batch of questions to ask. As I researched each question, however, I was able to answer it without…

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Animals in the HBC’s New Caledonia posts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 20, 2017 Brigade Trails, Fur Trade History
Animals in the HBC’s New Caledonia posts

I just read an article online, published in the Gering Citizen Newspaper [Facebook page], on Domestic Animals on the Oregon Trail. The author, Lesley Gaunt, listed quite a number of…

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The wreck of the Hojunmaru, 1833-34

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 14, 2014 A Literary A. C. Anderson, Hudson's Bay Company
The wreck of the Hojunmaru, 1833-34

In 2002 I was introduced to a story in Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s life that I had not heard before. This introduction came in the form of an email sent to…

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From Fort Langley to Kequeloose, 1848

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 22, 2014 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
From Fort Langley to Kequeloose, 1848

In 1846 and 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson made two explorations across the mountains that separated the HBC fort at Kamloops, from Fort Langley on the lower Fraser River. Discussions about…

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