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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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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The Tin Canoe

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 3, 2018 "York Factory Express", Fur Trade History
The Tin Canoe

James Evans was a Methodist missionary who set up the mission at Norway House as the result of a conversation with Governor George Simpson. According to the Dictionary of Canadian…

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Peter Skene Ogden reports on the California gold rush

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 28, 2015 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
Peter Skene Ogden reports on the California gold rush

Peter Skene Ogden, Chief Factor at Fort Vancouver in 1848, was definitely a character — and his private letters prove that. However, the hard part of reading Ogden’s letters is…

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