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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James Anderson’s Mountain Portage

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 20, 2021 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
James Anderson’s Mountain Portage

  James Anderson’s Map of the southern portion of the Mountain Portage,  from Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, E.37/29, and used with their permission.   The above map comes from the…

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Flood at Fort Norman

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 10, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Flood at Fort Norman

In 1852, Chief Trader James Anderson (A), who was then in charge of the Athabasca District, made a journey from the district’s headquarters of Fort Simpson, down the Mackenzie River…

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Fort Good Hope & south

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 3, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Good Hope & south

In May 1852, Chief Trader James Anderson (A), who was then in charge of the Mackenzie River District, made a journey to Fort Good Hope, on the Mackenzie River north…

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Ramparts of the Mackenzie River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 8, 2019 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems

So in July 1851, Robert Campbell reached the Peel’s River Post and began his journey to the Mackenzie River, which he would follow south to Fort Simpson. This year he…

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Grand Rapid to Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 29, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Grand Rapid to Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca Lake

So, let’s continue our journey down the Athabasca River from Athabasca Landing, heading toward Fort Chipewyan, on Athabasca Lake. That is the first major stop, for the HBC men at…

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