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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James Anderson on Lake Franklin

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 23, 2022 "Journeys", Explorations
James Anderson on Lake Franklin

In this blogpost, James Anderson (A), and his clerk James Green Stewart, will make their way down the Great Fish River, from Wolf Rapids to another large lake called Lake…

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The Back River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 8, 2021 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
The Back River

In this blogpost I am continuing the story of the journey that James Anderson and James Green Stewart made to the Arctic Ocean in summer 1855. James Anderson was Chief…

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The Mountain Portage, continued.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 13, 2021 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
The Mountain Portage, continued.

We ended my last blogpost at the door-like cut in the rocks called Rae’s Falls, at the end of Anderson’s Barnston Lake. Today, this is McLellan Lake, and it is…

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To Fort Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 17, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
To Fort Simpson

So, we are back to Robert Campbell’s journals, which are found in the B.C. Archives. In 1851, Robert Campbell continued his journey up the Mackenzie River from Fort Norman to…

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A.C. Anderson’s Missing Manuscript

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 3, 2014 A Literary A. C. Anderson
A.C. Anderson’s Missing Manuscript

“What all did A. C. Anderson write?” This question appeared on my blog searches the other day. Apparently someone actually asked this question in a google search, and stumbled on…

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