NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

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Lillooet Lake to Fort Langley

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 6, 2018 "The Brigades", A Literary A. C. Anderson
Lillooet Lake to Fort Langley

We begin again with Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s journal of his exploration/expedition from Kamloops to Fort Langley, by what later became the Harrison-Lillooet Trail. The year is 1846, and his party…

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Anderson Lake to Lillooet Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 8, 2018 "The Brigades", A Literary A. C. Anderson
Anderson Lake to Lillooet Lake

In this post we continue with the story of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s expedition from the Kamloops post to Fort Langley in 1846. This is the first of the four “explorations”…

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Anderson’s 1846 exploration of the Lillooet River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 20, 2014 "The Brigades", Explorations
Anderson’s 1846 exploration of the Lillooet River

In 1846, Alexander Caulfield Anderson set out on an expedition that took him from Kamloops to Fort Langley, in search of a new brigade trail to the Coast. He and…

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Anderson and Seton Lakes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 12, 2014 "The Brigades", Explorations
Anderson and Seton Lakes

The outgoing New Caledonia brigade left Fort Alexandria on May 2, 1846. This year, clerk Alexander Caulfield Anderson traveled out with them. From Kamloops, Anderson planned to explore for a…

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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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