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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Battle at Fort McLoughlin

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 26, 2021 Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, Hudson's Bay Company
Battle at Fort McLoughlin

We ended the last post in this series with the realization that instantly, and without warning, the HBC’s northwest coast post of Fort McLoughlin, on Milbank Sound, was under attack…

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Fort McLoughlin

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 20, 2021 Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, Hudson's Bay Company
Fort McLoughlin

Fort McLoughlin was a Hudson’s Bay Company post, built on what the HBC men called “Milbanke Sound,” on the Northwest Coast, in 1833. Alexander Caulfield Anderson had only just arrived…

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The HBC Post on the Stikine River, 1834

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 5, 2019 Explorations, Fur Trade History
The HBC Post on the Stikine River, 1834

When Robert Campbell met the Stikine chief, “Shakes,” at the rendezvous in the mountains, he was unaware that Shakes had already frightened off another HBC man who was attempting to…

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