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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Thomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 25, 2022 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Thomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver

On June 15, 1843, Thomas Lowe arrived at Fort Vancouver, about ninety miles upriver from the mouth of the Columbia, after having served both at the northwest coast post of…

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Thomas Lowe sails north

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 10, 2021 HBC Transportation Systems, London Ship
Thomas Lowe sails north

The ship Vancouver, in which Thomas Lowe is sailing, has now reached the Pacific Ocean and is heading north toward Fort Vancouver, where he expects to begin his employment in…

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The men in the 1826 York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 30, 2019 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
The men in the 1826 York Factory Express

Many of the men who travelled in the York Factory Express worked west of the Rocky Mountains for many years — some worked here for just a year or so.…

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Saskatchewan Horses

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 27, 2018 Fur Trade History, HBC Transportation Systems
Saskatchewan Horses

Did you know that the HBC men west of the Rocky Mountains imported horses from the Saskatchewan district to increase the number of horses in their own district? They did…

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Donald Manson’s Retirement

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 17, 2017 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
Donald Manson’s Retirement

Donald Manson was born in 1800, in Scotland, and worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company until 1857, when he retired. This is what Bruce Watson says of him in his…

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