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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Anderson and the River of Rapids

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 18, 2023 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Anderson and the River of Rapids

James Anderson is continuing his way up the Back River, having spent the night just north of Baillie’s River. Now it is time to ascend the long rapid — the…

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Anderson at Beechy Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 3, 2023 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Anderson at Beechy Lake

In my last post of this series, we left James Anderson and his party of men camped at the exact same spot that Captain George Back had camped at almost…

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Anderson at Lake Garry

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 11, 2023 "Journeys", Anderson-Seton Family
Anderson at Lake Garry

So let us continue James Anderson’s journey home from Montreal Island and Adelaide Peninsula, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. On their journey south from the sea, they are…

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James Anderson on Lake Garry

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 5, 2022 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
James Anderson on Lake Garry

James Anderson and James Green Stewart, and their exploring party, has now reached Lake Garry, on the Great Fish River on their way north to the Arctic Ocean in July…

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James Anderson in Lake Pelly

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 11, 2021 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company

James Anderson and James Green Stewart have now reached and passed through Hawk Rapid, on the Great Fish River. Back did not name this rapid-filled chasm Hawk Rapids, but the…

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