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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The 1843 brigade trail, Copper Creek to Loon Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 20, 2015 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails
The 1843 brigade trail, Copper Creek to Loon Lake

In November 1842, Alexander Caulfield Anderson rode north from Kamloops, over the newly explored trail that was to replace the old brigade trail over the North Thompson plateau. Apparently Anderson…

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Kamloops to Campement a la Carabine, Copper Creek

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 13, 2015 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails
Kamloops to Campement a la Carabine, Copper Creek

From November 1842 to April 1848, Alexander Caulfield Anderson was in charge of Fort Alexandria, on the upper Fraser River, north of Soda Creek and south of Quesnel. In the…

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The Nicola Valley

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 13, 2014 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Nicola Valley

You will see, above, a portion of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s 1867 Map of British Columbia. At the top is Kamloops Lake, with the Kamloops post perched at its east end.…

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