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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Paul Kane at Boat Encampment

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 4, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
Paul Kane at Boat Encampment

This blogpost is a continuation of the Paul Kane thread, wherein he is travelling out of the territory West of the Rocky Mountains with the Fall Express. The year is…

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Columbia Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 13, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Columbia Express

As we know, if you have purchased and read my book, The York Factory Express, the proper name for the incoming Express was the Columbia Express — although some people…

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Finan McDonald

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 24, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Finan McDonald

Finan McDonald was one of David Thompson’s men, but unlike most of his men he also worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company as a clerk at Spokane House, and later…

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Up the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 31, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Up the Columbia River

In August 1849, clerk Thomas Lowe journeyed up the Columbia River as far as Fort Nez Percés, following the same river route that the York Factory Express had travelled in…

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Paul Kane on the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 3, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Paul Kane on the Columbia River

In this post on Paul Kane’s journey to the Pacific Slopes (otherwise known as the west side of the Rocky Mountains), we are leaving Boat Encampment and making our way…

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