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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David Douglas and his YFE journey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 8, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas and his YFE journey

The botanist named David Douglas journeyed out of the Columbia District in Edward Ermatinger’s 1827 outgoing York Factory Express. He left behind him an interesting journal. Here goes: On the…

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New Caledonia Brigades travel west from Horse Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 30, 2017 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
New Caledonia Brigades travel west from Horse Lake

In the eighteenth blogpost in this series, we will follow the incoming New Caledonia brigades past Horse Lake. They will go up to Lac la Hache via Little Bridge Creek,…

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Incoming brigades, Journey to Fort Okanogan

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 14, 2016 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
Incoming brigades, Journey to Fort Okanogan

William Connolly began the journal of his voyage from Fort Nez Perces to Okanogan with a complaint: “Mr [Samuel] Black Traded a few Horses — but at the rate he…

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The incoming New Caledonia brigades leave Fort Vancouver, Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 28, 2015 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
The incoming New Caledonia brigades leave Fort Vancouver, Columbia River

At Fort Vancouver, William Connolly prepared to take in the New Caledonia brigade to Fort St. James. In fur trade parlance, “Incoming” always meant that the horse and boat brigades…

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