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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Descending the Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 22, 2019 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"
Descending the Hayes River

My books, The York Factory Express: Fort Vancouver to Hudson Bay, 1826-1849, and the more recent book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, & Perilous Journeys… can both be ordered through…

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Landmarks on the Echimamish River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 1, 2018 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Landmarks on the Echimamish River

This is the third post in a series on landmarks on the Hayes and Echimamish Rivers, with descriptions taken from John Franklin’s Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of…

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Peter Warren Dease travels north from Fort Alexandria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 12, 2018 Brigade Trail Journals, Hudson's Bay Company
Peter Warren Dease travels north from Fort Alexandria

So it is now time for me to bring Peter Warren Dease north from Fort Alexandria to Fort George [Prince George]. Dease’s journals are usually quite brief: but I would…

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Two Canoes: Governor Simpson reaches the Fraser River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 10, 2018 "The Brigades", "Two Canoes"
Two Canoes: Governor Simpson reaches the Fraser River

Governor Simpson has arrived at Fort St. James, and the first complaint he and his men have is about the provisions — or lack of them. As Archibald McDonald wrote…

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Two Canoes: West from Oxford House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 14, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes: West from Oxford House

  I am finding the journals of these two canoe journeys very interesting, and so will continue this thread a little sooner than I might otherwise have done. It is…

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