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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Paul Kane at Jasper’s House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 30, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Paul Kane at Jasper’s House

So, we just left Paul Kane watching as Montrose McGillivray punished a voyageur for stealing provisions of pemmican made with berries. The incoming York Factory Express party is travelling up…

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The York Factory Express, Introduction

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 15, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
The York Factory Express, Introduction

Welcome to the York Factory Express, and its many stories of Scottish traders and Métis voyageurs and others who travelled across the continent in the Express boats. This is my…

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Up the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 20, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Up the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House

This is the eighteenth leg of the York Factory Express stream, and today we are travelling up the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House, west of Fort Assiniboine. Interestingly, in some…

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