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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William Brown, and other stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 10, 2022 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
William Brown, and other stories

William Brown was a spear-thrower in my book, The York Factory Express. You will find him mentioned in my book on page 17, when in his Fort St. James journal,…

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Shipping at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 26, 2022 "Headquarters", London Ship
Shipping at Fort Vancouver

It is time to write a little more about Thomas Lowe’s experiences at Fort Vancouver, and so we will now do it. We have just come through the Fort Vancouver…

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Home from Fort Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 15, 2022 "Headquarters", Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia
Home from Fort Simpson

At the very end of August, 1834, the HBC ship, Dryad, carrying Peter Skene Ogden, William Fraser Tolmie, Dr. Alexander Kennedy, and all the other men who were employed at…

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HMS Modeste

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 18, 2022 "Headquarters", Headquarters
HMS Modeste

“The HMS Modeste was an 18-gun wooden sloop that sailed in Victoria waters from 1844 to 1847.” Well, that’s what the Colonial Despatches says, but we know that she also…

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Old Fort Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 6, 2022 Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia, Fur Trade History
Old Fort Simpson

The work of building the new Fort Simpson continued, with clerk James Birnie keeping the post journal and taking overall charge of building the new post on the northwest coast,…

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