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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Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Seton

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 10, 2014 "The Brigades", Anderson-Seton Family
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Seton

Alexander Seton, after whom British Columbia’s Seton Lake was named, was born in 1814 at Tottenham, Middlesex. He was the eldest surviving son of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s uncle, Alexander Anderson…

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Anderson and Seton Lakes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 12, 2014 "The Brigades", Explorations
Anderson and Seton Lakes

The outgoing New Caledonia brigade left Fort Alexandria on May 2, 1846. This year, clerk Alexander Caulfield Anderson traveled out with them. From Kamloops, Anderson planned to explore for a…

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