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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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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The Liard River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 8, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
The Liard River

The Liard River once played a significant role in the fur trade of the North: it was the river that led from Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River north of…

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John Work’s journey from Moose Lake to the Red Deer River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 18, 2017 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
John Work’s journey from Moose Lake to the Red Deer River

John Work and Peter Skene Ogden have been stuck, without provisions, at the Moose Portage, on Lac d’Orignal or Moose Lake. At Lac d’Original, the Beaver River approached the North…

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Peter Skene Ogden’s Illness

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 11, 2017 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Peter Skene Ogden’s Illness

In 1823, Peter Skene Ogden traveled west with John Work to Spokane House. We have been following John Work’s journal in the Two Canoes series: in the last of John…

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To Moose Portage, Beaver River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 19, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History

Two groups of canoe-men traveled west from York Factory, on their way to New Caledonia. Both groups have arrived at Ile-a-la Crosse, and their next major hurdle is the Methye…

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