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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New Caledonia posts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 1, 2025 "Headquarters", "Journeys", "The HBC Brigades"
New Caledonia posts

There are quite a few historic posts in what the HBC called New Caledonia, and also on the northwest coast. In this post, I am going through these historic posts…

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The Similkameen Post

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 23, 2024 "The HBC 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 Alexandria Locations

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 23, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", Fur Trade History
Fort Alexandria Locations

Well, as you know, I wrote on our visit to Fort Alexandria a few weeks ago, and you will find that post here: https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-alexandria-flood/ This post is updating that post:…

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Fraser River goldrush

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 3, 2024 "Headquarters", "The HBC Brigades"

In 1858, the Fraser River goldrush brought American goldminers to Fort Victoria, and eventually they made their way to the lower Fraser River. They were a pretty interesting group of…

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Donald McLean

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 29, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails
Donald McLean

I just spent two weeks creating the Index for The HBC Brigades, and it was an exhausting chore! Please, remind me to never again write a book that has so…

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