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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1858 Brigade Trails

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 13, 2020 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
1858 Brigade Trails

  It is interesting to see how the packers who followed the HBC trails into the upper district travelled up and down what they called “the Old Brigade Trail” to…

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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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Bridge River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 26, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Bridge River

I find that, entirely by accident, two threads (stories) I am telling merge at the same place: at what the HBC men called Bridge River! But, as you can see…

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The New Caledonia Brigades climb the Mountain

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 19, 2017 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
The New Caledonia Brigades climb the Mountain

As we begin this blogpost, the incoming brigades are camped on the banks of the North Thompson River, presumably near modern day Little Fort — although I am not sure…

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Cattle Drive

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 27, 2017 "The Brigades", Fur Trade History
Cattle Drive

A few days ago I was thinking about the 1843 brigade trail, and wondered if I would get any clues on its location from David Douglas’s journey to New Caledonia…

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