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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1858 Brigade Trails

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 13, 2020 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
1858 Brigade Trails

  It is interesting to see how the packers who followed the HBC trails into the upper district travelled up and down what they called “the Old Brigade Trail” to…

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Two Canoes: To the North River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 21, 2018 "Two Canoes", Brigade Trails
Two Canoes: To the North River

In our twenty-fifth post in this Two Canoes series, we will bring Governor George Simpson across the Fraser Plateau to the “North” River, and Kamloops. Let’s see how far we…

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Lac La Hache (Axe Lake)

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 24, 2018 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Lac La Hache (Axe Lake)

I would love to know how Lac la Hache got its name, but I only know that it is named for an axe which apparently was lost in its waters,…

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New Caledonia Brigades travel west from Horse Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 30, 2017 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
New Caledonia Brigades travel west from Horse Lake

In the eighteenth blogpost in this series, we will follow the incoming New Caledonia brigades past Horse Lake. They will go up to Lac la Hache via Little Bridge Creek,…

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Bridge River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 26, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Bridge River

I find that, entirely by accident, two threads (stories) I am telling merge at the same place: at what the HBC men called Bridge River! But, as you can see…

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