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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John McIntosh, HBC

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 21, 2016 Deaths and Murders, Metis in the West
John McIntosh, HBC

HBC trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson knew many of today’s historical figures, but not all of them were men to be proud of. One of those was clerk John McIntosh, who…

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Chilcotin Post

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 3, 2015 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Chilcotin Post

The Chilcotin post, first built in 1829 as a temporary post and completed at a later date, stood at the junction of the Chilco and Chilcotin Rivers and was an…

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The York Factory Express leaves Hudson Bay

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 12, 2015 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
The York Factory Express leaves Hudson Bay

I have played around a little with this section of the York Factory Express journey, writing several posts that covered this part of the world. For the first of these…

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The Outgoing Brigade at Fort St. James

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 28, 2014 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Outgoing Brigade at Fort St. James

In March 1843, clerk Alexander Caulfield Anderson came north to Fort St. James to take the place of Peter Skene Ogden who had traveled out with the express party to…

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