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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Finan McDonald

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 24, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Finan McDonald

Finan McDonald was one of David Thompson’s men, but unlike most of his men he also worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company as a clerk at Spokane House, and later…

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William Sinclair Jr.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 16, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
William Sinclair Jr.

William Sinclair Jr was one of the most interesting men to work west of the Rocky Mountains, but it took me a long time to put his story together —…

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Henry James Warre

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 11, 2021 "Headquarters", "York Factory Express"

Lieutenant Henry James Warre was a Royal Engineer who came to the Pacific Slopes, with his companion Lieutenant Mervin Vavasour, on a secret spying mission for the British Government. The…

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Clerk James Douglas

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 5, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Clerk James Douglas

James Douglas was a clerk when he took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay in 1835; although he returned to the Columbia District as a Chief Trader, having…

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Sioux Island Rapid

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 17, 2019 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Sioux Island Rapid

My book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July 2024. You may order my books, The HBC Brigades,…

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