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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North Saskatchewan River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 9, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
North Saskatchewan River

At Edmonton House, the York Factory Express joined the Saskatchewan Brigades, who were carrying their furs down the North Saskatchewan River to Hudson Bay. I had to learn about every…

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Collin’s Gulch

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 28, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Collin’s Gulch

In 1849, Deputy-Governor Eden Colvile traveled into the New Caledonia by the Peace River route. As he said in his letter to Sir J. H. Pelly, written from Fort Victoria…

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Packing in British Columbia

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 29, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Packing in British Columbia

I am going to tell you a story. In 1859, when Royal Engineer Lieutenant Spencer Palmer rode across the Tulameen Plateau to Campement des Femmes with Angus McDonald of Fort…

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The Louchameen [Zouchameen] Road

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 22, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Louchameen [Zouchameen] Road

In late 1858, Lieutenant Henry Spencer Palmer of the Royal Engineers arrived at Fort Victoria with the second batch of soldiers. By late summer of 1859, he was assigned to…

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