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 Missionaries

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 2, 2024 "Headquarters", "The Brigades"
The Missionaries

The HBC men had been settled at Fort Vancouver, on the banks of the Columbia River, for decades before the first of the Missionaries came west to establish permanent settlements…

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Is it a Brigade Trail?

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 7, 2023 Brigade Trails, HBC Transportation Systems

There are a number of old horse trails around the province of British Columbia — but are they all brigade trails? I don’t know if I can answer this question,…

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Fort Assiniboine

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 16, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Assiniboine

Fort Assiniboine was one of many posts along the Athabasca River west of the mouth of the Clearwater River, although most posts on the river were located in the Jasper…

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Carlton House Journal

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 1, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Carlton House Journal

From John Stuart’s Carlton House Journals of 1824-25 we find some unexpected information about the Hudson’s Bay Company west of the Rocky Mountains, and the creation of the York Factory…

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Finan McDonald’s letters

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 6, 2019 Fur Trade History, North West Company
Finan McDonald’s letters

I am browsing through some of my old records, and I stumbled on some research which will be of interest to many besides me. This research was done many years…

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