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!

NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON
  • Home
  • THE HBC BRIGADES
    • Brigade Trails
    • “The HBC Brigades”
  • THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS
    • “York Factory Express”
  • “Journeys”
    • London Ship
    • “Journeys”
  • Contact Nancy
  • Blog
    • Alexander Caulfield Anderson
      • Anderson-Seton Family
      • A.C. Anderson’s Writing
    • Fur Trade History
      • Deaths and Murders
    • HBC Transportation Systems
    • Natives in the Fur Trade
      • Native plants & foods
    • James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet

Simpson to Qu’Appelle

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 20, 2025 "Headquarters", Headquarters No Comments
Simpson to Qu’Appelle

Well, we finally got Simpson on the road from Carlton House to Red River. In the last post we finished with his quote on Friday May 13, 1825: “Started at…

Read more

Through the Mountains

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 28, 2025 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Through the Mountains

In 1841, Governor Simpson travelled west from Fort Garry, on Red River, to the Columbia district. Here’s a continuation of our History Mystery, which began with this post: https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/rough-notes/ and…

Read more

To the Mountains

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 21, 2025 "Headquarters", Explorations
To the Mountains

In an earlier blogpost in this series, Governor George Simpson and John Rowand reached Edmonton House, on the North Saskatchewan River. In this post, we should make it to the…

Read more

Cape Disappointment

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 23, 2024 "Headquarters", Headquarters
Cape Disappointment

I am exploring what happened when Henry James Warre came to the Columbia district in August 1845, travelling in with Peter Skene Ogden. There were some very interesting conversations going…

Read more

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 253 other subscribers

Blog Categories

  • "Headquarters"
  • "Journeys"
  • "The HBC Brigades"
  • "The Pathfinder: A.C. Anderson's Journeys in the West."
  • "Two Canoes"
  • "York Factory Express"
  • A Literary A. C. Anderson
  • A.C. Anderson’s Writing
  • Alexander Caulfield Anderson
  • Anderson-Seton Family
  • Brigade Trail Journals
  • Brigade Trails
  • Deaths and Murders
  • Explorations
  • Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia
  • Fort Victoria stories
  • Fur Trade History
  • HBC Transportation Systems
  • Headquarters
  • Hudson's Bay Company
  • James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
  • London Ship
  • Metis in the West
  • Natives in the Fur Trade
  • Stuwix Stories
  • The OId Brigade Trail
  • Writing
  • York Factory Express

Recent Posts

  • York Factory January 9, 2026
  • Simpson to Fort Garry January 3, 2026
  • Fort Pelly to Fort Garry December 27, 2025
  • Simpson to Qu’Appelle December 20, 2025
  • Simpson at Carlton House December 14, 2025
Copyright © 2026 NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON | Theme by: Theme Horse | Powered by: WordPress