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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Two Seized Ships

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 18, 2025 "Headquarters", Headquarters
Two Seized Ships

In late November or December of 1851, the HBC suffered from having two more ships seized by the American customs agents, as I told you in my last post, found…

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The HBC ship Cadboro

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 4, 2023 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
The HBC ship Cadboro

It is November 1844, and we are continuing Thomas Lowe’s stories of the happenings at Fort Vancouver, the HBC headquarters near the mouth of the Columbia River — one hundred…

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HBC Ships in the Pacific

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 20, 2022 "Headquarters", HBC Transportation Systems
HBC Ships in the Pacific

I have accidentally discovered that some of the HBC ships that ran up and down the Pacific Coast were larger than I expected them to be! As you see in…

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