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!

To Fort Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 17, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company

So, we are back to Robert Campbell’s journals, which are found in the B.C. Archives. In 1851, Robert Campbell continued his journey up the Mackenzie River from Fort Norman to…

Beaver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 15, 2018 A Literary A. C. Anderson, Fur Trade History

So today I am going to write about the Beaver. Why? Because I now have two fur traders who are describing this animal to their London readers. Future London readers,…