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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Shipping at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 26, 2022 "Headquarters", London Ship
Shipping at Fort Vancouver

It is time to write a little more about Thomas Lowe’s experiences at Fort Vancouver, and so we will now do it. We have just come through the Fort Vancouver…

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Locating Fort Victoria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 17, 2021 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
Locating Fort Victoria

In March 1843, James Douglas was placed in charge of the building of the new post of Fort Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver’s Island. Many years of discussion…

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Shipwrecks on the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 1, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Shipwrecks on the Columbia River

The mouth of the Columbia River was crisscrossed with dangerous sandbars, and shipwrecks were relatively common. On many occasions, James Birnie was there to help in the rescue of the…

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Birnie and the Missionaries

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 27, 2019 Fur Trade History, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet

It seems that James Birnie was the first HBC man to greet the many missionaries who arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River. I have many stories in my…

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