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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Liard River 2

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 15, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Liard River 2

I promised my Twitter followers I was going to keep them wet and cold over Christmas, and I can’t think of a better way to do that than to continue…

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John Warren Dease

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 18, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
John Warren Dease

Two Dease brothers worked on the west side side of the Rocky Mountains: Peter Warren Dease, and John Warren Dease. Peter is quite well known as an explorer; John not…

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Paul Fraser

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 21, 2016 "The Brigades", Deaths and Murders
Paul Fraser

Paul Fraser was a man who never got along with anyone, as far as I can tell. Well, that’s not exactly true. Donald Manson liked him, and regretted his loss…

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George Stewart Simpson, son of Governor George Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 23, 2016 "The Brigades", Metis in the West
George Stewart Simpson, son of Governor George Simpson

When my book was published in November 2011, I was also in the throes of writing a talk to be given in front of the Victoria Historical Society. In order…

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Chilcotin Post

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 3, 2015 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Chilcotin Post

The Chilcotin post, first built in 1829 as a temporary post and completed at a later date, stood at the junction of the Chilco and Chilcotin Rivers and was an…

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