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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Historic Posts in the West

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 8, 2025 "Journeys", Fur Trade History
Historic Posts in the West

So lets do a fun post about the Historic Posts in the West: that is, posts on the West side of the Rocky Mountains. The Peel’s River post (Fort McPherson)…

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Notes re the Liard River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 20, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Notes re the Liard River

I found a lovely little document the other day, while I was looking for something else. It is James Anderson’s Notes on the Navigation of the West Branch or Liard…

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Liard River to Pelly Banks

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 26, 2019 Explorations, Fur Trade History
Liard River to Pelly Banks

My last blogpost covered the HBC attempt to build a post on the lower Stikine River. They failed, and Peter Skene Ogden returned to Fort Simpson, on the Nass River,…

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Liard River 3

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 29, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Liard River 3

So the men going up the Liard River have reached the old location of Fort Halkett, where it stood on the banks of the Smith River. I am continuing, with…

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Liard River 2

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 15, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Liard River 2

I promised my Twitter followers I was going to keep them wet and cold over Christmas, and I can’t think of a better way to do that than to continue…

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