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 Similkameen Post

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 23, 2024 "The Brigades", Anderson-Seton Family, Brigade Trails
The Similkameen Post

The HBC’s Similkameen post was not constructed until spring, 1860, yet it is very much a part of BC’s fur trade history, and, interestingly, of my own family’s history as…

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Fort Shepherd Stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 16, 2018 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
Fort Shepherd Stories

Well, now that I have entered the Similkameen and Kettle River areas again, it is time to relax a little and tell some stories that are just-plain-fun! So, lets look…

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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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