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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Clerk James Douglas

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 5, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Clerk James Douglas

James Douglas was a clerk when he took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay in 1835; although he returned to the Columbia District as a Chief Trader, having…

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Locating Fort Victoria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 17, 2021 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
Locating Fort Victoria

In March 1843, James Douglas was placed in charge of the building of the new post of Fort Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver’s Island. Many years of discussion…

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Fort McLoughlin

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 20, 2021 Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, Hudson's Bay Company
Fort McLoughlin

Fort McLoughlin was a Hudson’s Bay Company post, built on what the HBC men called “Milbanke Sound,” on the Northwest Coast, in 1833. Alexander Caulfield Anderson had only just arrived…

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George Traill Allan

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 9, 2019 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
George Traill Allan

In 1841, George Traill Allan took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay, ten years after he had come into the territory in the 1831 Columbia Express. He is…

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York Factory Express: Carlton House to Fort Pitt

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 16, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
York Factory Express: Carlton House to Fort Pitt

Between Carlton House and Fort Pitt, the gentlemen in the incoming York Factory Express always hunted for bison on the prairies between the two forts. George Traill Allan passed through…

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