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 York Factory River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 28, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company

The York Factory River? As far as I can tell, it is the lower Hayes River where it flows past York Factory into Hudson Bay. It’s a good name for…

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James Lowe’s 1853 tour

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 6, 2018 Fort Victoria stories, Fur Trade History
James Lowe’s 1853 tour

James Lowe was the younger brother of Thomas Lowe, who in 1849 retired from the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, and established himself as a store-keeper in Oregon Territory…

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James Sinclair’s letters

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 25, 2017 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
James Sinclair’s letters

I am looking at my collection of information, and realizing that much of it will never make it into any book I am writing or can write in the near…

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The Bully of Fort Nisqually

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 1, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Bully of Fort Nisqually

There is another brigade trail which I keep forgetting to mention: of course, until recently I did not know a lot about it. In fact I was quite surprised, only…

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York Factory Complaint

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 5, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
York Factory Complaint

In 1835, Chief Trader James Douglas took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay and return. He and his men arrived at the HBC headquarters in the midst of…

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