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 on the Columbia

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 29, 2022 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Paul Kane on the Columbia

Here is the story of how the artist, Paul Kane, made his way up the Columbia River from Fort Colvile to Boat Encampment, traveling with the outgoing York Factory Express…

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Paul Kane on the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 3, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Paul Kane on the Columbia River

In this post on Paul Kane’s journey to the Pacific Slopes (otherwise known as the west side of the Rocky Mountains), we are leaving Boat Encampment and making our way…

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Fort Colvile farm

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 15, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Fort Colvile farm

J. Orin Oliphant wrote an excellent article on “Old Fort Colville [Colvile]”, and I am again dipping into it to discover what farm animals were to be found there over…

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Two Canoes: John Work arrives at his destination

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 5, 2018 "Two Canoes", "York Factory Express"
Two Canoes: John Work arrives at his destination

John Work is on his way west to Spokane House, his destination. In our last John Work post, we left his boats at the bottom end of the Upper Arrow…

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Two Canoes: John Work comes down the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 31, 2018 "Two Canoes", "York Factory Express"
Two Canoes: John Work comes down the Columbia River

So in the last John Work journal, he and Peter Skene Ogden had reached Boat Encampment, having come down the Big Hill from Athabasca Pass. In this bit of journal,…

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