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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Accident to the Beaver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 1, 2025 "Headquarters", "Journeys"
Accident to the Beaver

In 1850, the Chilkat First Nations, who lived in Lynn Canal, did not cross Chilkat Pass into the Yukon River on their annual trading expedition with the Northern Tutchone [Selkirk…

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Thomas Lowe: the London Ship

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 21, 2023 "Headquarters", Headquarters
Thomas Lowe: the London Ship

In our last Thomas Lowe blogpost, we ran with his account of the 1844 Fort Vancouver fire. This was not the only time that a fire threatened Fort Vancouver: there…

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Thomas Lowe’s Summer 1844

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 13, 2022 "Headquarters", Writing
Thomas Lowe’s Summer 1844

It is summer 1844, and Thomas Lowe, who has faithfully kept up his private journal until September 1843, has now picked up his journalling again. He is still at Fort…

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On the way to Sitka

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 25, 2021 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company
On the way to Sitka

This post is about Thomas Lowe’s journey north to Sitka, the Russian headquarters on the Northwest Coast, in what is now the Alaska Panhandle.  I do have to correct something…

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Christmas Celebrations

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 2, 2021 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company

There is one set of Christmas celebrations that I have forgotten to include in my recent Christmas and New Years posts, and that is those of Thomas Lowe, at Fort…

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