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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Hayes River Posts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 16, 2022 "York Factory Express", Fur Trade History
Hayes River Posts

In 1826, when the first York Factory Express men descended the Hayes River from Norway House to York Factory, they passed through only one Hayes River post: Oxford House. That…

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More on the York Factory River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 11, 2020 "York Factory Express", Metis in the West
More on the York Factory River

As we already know, Dr. John Birkbeck Nevins went up the York Factory River (the lower Hayes) with a gentleman who was heading to his Saskatchewan River post. Here is…

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Descending the Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 22, 2019 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"
Descending the Hayes River

The York Factory Express left Fort Vancouver, 100 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River, in late March, and by mid-June were at Norway House, on Playgreen Lake. Their…

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Landmarks on the Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 22, 2018 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Landmarks on the Hayes River

As you know I have been taking a holiday, spending time in the Archives and also in editing my third book. In looking up what John Franklin had to say…

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The York Factory Express leaves Hudson Bay

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 12, 2015 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
The York Factory Express leaves Hudson Bay

I have played around a little with this section of the York Factory Express journey, writing several posts that covered this part of the world. For the first of these…

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