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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Weather on the Lower Fraser River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 30, 2017 "The Brigades", Fur Trade History
Weather on the Lower Fraser River

  I wrote this blogpost a few years ago, when there was extreme cold everywhere! The same seems to be happening again, particularly on the east side of the Rocky…

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Provisions for the Brigades

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 26, 2015 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Provisions for the Brigades

In one of his manuscripts Anderson wrote about the pigs that were at Fort Alexandria when he was there, and how happy he was to see the last of them!…

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Montrose McGillivray

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 30, 2013 "York Factory Express", Metis in the West
Montrose McGillivray

There are many fabulous people who worked in the fur trade, and Montrose McGillivray was one of them. When I write my book on Deaths and Murders, McGillivray will feature…

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