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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Aemilius Simpson, his cousin George, and the birth of the York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 2, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Aemilius Simpson, his cousin George, and the birth of the York Factory Express

Aemilius Simpson was a very interesting young man, and one who kept a concise journal of his voyage across the North American continent, from York Factory to Fort Vancouver, Columbia…

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York Factory Complaint

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 5, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
York Factory Complaint

In 1835, Chief Trader James Douglas took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay and return. He and his men arrived at the HBC headquarters in the midst of…

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