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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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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Columbia Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 13, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Columbia Express

As we know, if you have purchased and read my book, The York Factory Express, the proper name for the incoming Express was the Columbia Express — although some people…

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Paul Kane leaves Jasper’s House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 27, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Paul Kane leaves Jasper’s House

Artist Paul Kane was not impressed with the little post of Jasper’s House, but, fortunately for him, the incoming York Factory Express did not remain at the post for long.…

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Paul Kane reaches Edmonton

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 24, 2020 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
Paul Kane reaches Edmonton

In our continuing York Factory Express journal, we are following Paul Kane across the continent, from Norway House to the Columbia District. At the moment he is just arriving at…

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Up the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 20, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Up the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House

This is the eighteenth leg of the York Factory Express stream, and today we are travelling up the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House, west of Fort Assiniboine. Interestingly, in some…

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