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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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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Descending the Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 22, 2019 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"
Descending the Hayes River

The York Factory Express left Fort Vancouver, 100 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River, in late March, and by mid-June were at Norway House, on Playgreen Lake. Their…

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Landmarks on the Echimamish River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 1, 2018 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Landmarks on the Echimamish River

This is the third post in a series on landmarks on the Hayes and Echimamish Rivers, with descriptions taken from John Franklin’s Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of…

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Landmarks on the Upper Hayes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 20, 2018 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Landmarks on the Upper Hayes

This is a continuation of a blog post that I published on September 22nd, and it tells the stories of the portages and other landmarks above Swampy Lake, that were…

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Two Canoes: West from Oxford House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 14, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes: West from Oxford House

  I am finding the journals of these two canoe journeys very interesting, and so will continue this thread a little sooner than I might otherwise have done. It is…

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