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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Thomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 25, 2022 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Thomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver

On June 15, 1843, Thomas Lowe arrived at Fort Vancouver, about ninety miles upriver from the mouth of the Columbia, after having served both at the northwest coast post of…

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Fort Durham’s Closure

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 30, 2022 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Fort Durham’s Closure

Clerk Thomas Lowe finally arrived at Fort Durham (sometimes called Fort Taku) in April 1842, and his letters now tell the story of what happened at this turbulent northwest coast…

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Fort Durham Dustup

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 26, 2022 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Fort Durham Dustup

  What stories the HBC men had to tell of Fort Durham dustups, or conflicts with the First Nations people that surrounded it! It seems that every HBC man who…

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Locating Fort Albert

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 12, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
Locating Fort Albert

In a letter written June 24 1842, to the Governor and Committee of the Hudson’s Bay Company in London, John McLoughlin argued that “In a private note dated Taco 24th…

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Fort Durham rises

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 15, 2022 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Durham rises

And so, in this blogpost, the HBC men under Chief Factor James Douglas have finally found a good location for Fort Durham, which would become the northernmost HBC post on…

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