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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Athabasca Pass

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 3, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Athabasca Pass

The subject of this post is the Athabasca Pass, and the Hudson’s Bay Company men who used this route to reach the Columbia District from the Saskatchewan. In 1826, Aemilius…

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The Railway vs the Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 14, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
The Railway vs the Express

Everything ends. Even the York Factory Express, that ran for twenty-six years across the Rocky Mountains to Edmonton House, came to a sudden, crashing, end. Surprisingly, its death was caused…

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John McKenzie Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 4, 2016 "The Brigades", Metis in the West
John McKenzie Simpson

Some time ago I wrote about George Stewart Simpson, son of the HBC Governor,George Simpson, and Margaret Taylor [who is traveling with Governor Simpson in my “Two Canoes” stream]. As…

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Henry Shuttleworth

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 7, 2016 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
Henry Shuttleworth

In the Thirty-Sixth Report of the Okanagan Historical Society’s Annual Report, I found this short little notice re: Henry Shuttleworth. It said: Shuttleworths of Okanagan Falls Information furnished by Mrs.…

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