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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Voyageur Traditions

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 17, 2023 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
Voyageur Traditions

In spring of every year between 1826 and 1854, the outgoing York Factory Express men arrived at Edmonton House. They left Fort Vancouver, their Pacific coast headquarters on the Columbia…

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The Grand River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 5, 2022 Fur Trade History, HBC Transportation Systems
The Grand River

The historic Ottawa River was often called le Grand River — the “Big River” — by the first voyageurs who travelled up and down its length. And it was a…

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York Factory Express, Lake Winnipeg to Cumberland House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 31, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
York Factory Express, Lake Winnipeg to Cumberland House

Aemilius Simpson gives the best description of this first stretch of the Saskatchewan River from Lake Winnipeg to Cumberland House, in August 1826. Many little stories appear in these various…

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