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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Two Canoes: Cumberland House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 9, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History

We are now on our way to Cumberland House. Since my last post in this series, “we” had a short discussion on which of the Dease brothers met Governor George…

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Two Canoes: West from Norway House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 12, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes: West from Norway House

In this post we will follow John Work and Peter Skene Ogden, as they make their way from Norway House, on Playgreen Lake, toward Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River.…

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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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