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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HMS Modeste

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 18, 2022 "Headquarters", Headquarters
HMS Modeste

“The HMS Modeste was an 18-gun wooden sloop that sailed in Victoria waters from 1844 to 1847.” Well, that’s what the Colonial Despatches says, but we know that she also…

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HBC Ships in the Pacific

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 20, 2022 "Headquarters", HBC Transportation Systems
HBC Ships in the Pacific

I have accidentally discovered that some of the HBC ships that ran up and down the Pacific Coast were larger than I expected them to be! As you see in…

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B.C. Studies Book Review

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 23, 2022 "York Factory Express", Writing
B.C. Studies Book Review

The academic magazine from the University of British Columbia has recently published their Book Review of The York Factory Express, and in many ways it is a very good review.…

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John Charles 2

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 12, 2021 "York Factory Express", Metis in the West
John Charles 2

This post is a continuation of John Charles’s story. I began this story some time ago, as you may remember, and it began with this paragraph: John Charles led out…

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James Anderson’s Mountain Portage

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 20, 2021 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
James Anderson’s Mountain Portage

  James Anderson’s Map of the southern portion of the Mountain Portage,  from Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, E.37/29, and used with their permission.   The above map comes from the…

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