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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Home from Fraser’s River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 22, 2023 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Home from Fraser’s River

For the men of the 1824 Expedition, making their way home from Fraser’s River was a far easier journey than making their way to the river, via the clogged Nicomekl…

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Puget Sound

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 1, 2023 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Puget Sound

In late 1824, a group of HBC men made a boat journey from Fort George [Astoria] to the Fraser River, via the Nicomekl River, a stream that seems to run…

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