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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John Jeffrey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 11, 2024 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
John Jeffrey

My book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July 2024. You may order my books, The HBC Brigades,…

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Robert Clouston

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 22, 2023 "Headquarters", "York Factory Express"
Robert Clouston

Robert Clouston crossed the Rocky Mountains into the Columbia District in 1850, accompanying the botanist John Jeffrey on his journey west. Clouston had plenty to say about the crossing of…

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The building of Fort Victoria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 7, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
The building of Fort Victoria

In summer 1843, Fort Victoria was built on Camosun Harbour or Inlet, on the southern end of Vancouver’s Island. Although it was at first sometimes called Fort Albert, that name…

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Fort Victoria Murderers 2

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 22, 2021 "Headquarters", Deaths and Murders, Fort Victoria stories
Fort Victoria Murderers 2

 I ended the first section of this blogpost with the information that when Governor George Simpson arrived in the anchorage at Fort Stikine, he experienced a bad feeling. Both the…

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Spring Thaw

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 11, 2020 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"
Spring Thaw

As you can guess, it is very difficult to travel via dog sled when the ice on the lakes is melting in springtime. Even the shallow Echimamish River, that crossed…

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