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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Two Canoes to Kamloops

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 2, 2018 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes to Kamloops

In our twenty-seventh post in this series, I will bring Governor George Simpson and his party down the North Thompson River to the post at Kamloops — and beyond! So…

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Natives in the Kamloops Post Journals

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 5, 2017 "The Brigades", Natives in the Fur Trade
Natives in the Kamloops Post Journals

For about five years, from August 1850 to June 1855, Paul Fraser kept the Fort Kamloops post journals. The records are not complete: nor did I copy them all out,…

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Cattle Drive

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 27, 2017 "The Brigades", Fur Trade History
Cattle Drive

A few days ago I was thinking about the 1843 brigade trail, and wondered if I would get any clues on its location from David Douglas’s journey to New Caledonia…

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Nicola Lake to Kamloops

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 23, 2015 "The Brigades", Explorations
Nicola Lake to Kamloops

From the grasslands of Nicola Lake, the men of the various brigades reached Kamloops by crossing the highlands between the Nicola valley and the Kamloops Lake valley. It’s a beautiful…

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Kamloops to Campement a la Carabine, Copper Creek

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 13, 2015 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Kamloops to Campement a la Carabine, Copper Creek

This post has been updated and rewritten. From November 1842 to April 1848, Alexander Caulfield Anderson was in charge of Fort Alexandria, on the upper Fraser River, north of Soda…

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