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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Wicked River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 5, 2020 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems
Wicked River

The Rivière Maligne, otherwise known as the Wicked River, earned its ferocious nick-name over the years.  The Maligne was, of course, the Sturgeon-Weir River that led the early free-traders, the…

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From Ile-a-la-Crosse to the Clearwater River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 7, 2017 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
From Ile-a-la-Crosse to the Clearwater River

In our dueling journals — that of John Work, 1823, and of Archibald McDonald, 1828 — we have reached the post of Ile-a-la-Crosse, on Lac Ile-a-la-Crosse. As you know by…

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To Moose Portage, Beaver River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 19, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History

Two groups of canoe-men traveled west from York Factory, on their way to New Caledonia. Both groups have arrived at Ile-a-la Crosse, and their next major hurdle is the Methye…

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Two Canoes (2) to Ile a la Crosse

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 24, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes (2) to Ile a la Crosse

In this seventh article of the Two Canoes series, we will follow Archibald McDonald’s journey up the Upper Churchill River to Ile a la Crosse post. This is a long…

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Two Canoes to Ile-a-la-Crosse

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 17, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes to Ile-a-la-Crosse

This is the sixth article in this series: two canoe journeys on the Upper Churchill River, on their way to Ile-a-la-Crosse and beyond. Both groups of canoes are on their…

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