NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

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Building a York Boat

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 18, 2020 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"
Building a York Boat

As I am reading through the Fort Selkirk post journals, I realized the HBC men at that post are building a York Boat. From scratch! Now, this is interesting! You…

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James Anderson’s Journey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 25, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
James Anderson’s Journey

James Anderson’s journey took him all the way north from Fort Simpson to the Arctic Ocean in 1855. Anderson’s journey began at the Hudson’s Bay Company post which he has…

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Fort Good Hope & south

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 3, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Good Hope & south

In May 1852, Chief Trader James Anderson (A), who was then in charge of the Mackenzie River District, made a journey to Fort Good Hope, on the Mackenzie River north…

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Notes re the Liard River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 20, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Notes re the Liard River

I found a lovely little document the other day, while I was looking for something else. It is James Anderson’s Notes on the Navigation of the West Branch or Liard…

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The Destruction of Fort Selkirk

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 13, 2019 "Journeys", Fur Trade History
The Destruction of Fort Selkirk

Now, as some of you may remember, I started this journey through the Yukon as a result of finding the Fort Selkirk Journals online. WordPress has made it so irritatingly…

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