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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Parks Canada History

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 18, 2020 "The Brigades", York Factory Express
Parks Canada History

As we Canadians know, many of our historic sites are run by Parks Canada — for example, Jasper Park, York Factory, Fort St. James, and Fort Langley. Before Parks Canada…

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Thomas Lowe and the York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 2, 2019 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Thomas Lowe and the York Factory Express

Thomas Lowe worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company from 1842 to his retirement in 1849, and he kept journals of his experiences in the Columbia district the entire time he…

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Robert Campbell’s “London Ships” Story

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 23, 2019 HBC Transportation Systems, London Ship
Robert Campbell’s “London Ships” Story

My father was a sheep-farmer in Perthshire, Scotland. I was born on the 21st February 1808, and received my education partly in my native Glen, and partly at Perth. My…

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Shoes, again.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 19, 2019 Explorations, HBC Transportation Systems
Shoes, again.

I wrote about ‘shoes in the fur trade’ quite a while ago, when I discovered that there actually were some. But the question was, why were shoes not imported to…

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Rose Birnie

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 9, 2017 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet, London Ship
Rose Birnie

Rose Birnie was James Birnie’s younger sister. She lived most of her life in Aberdeen, Scotland, but joined her brother at Cathlamet, Washington Territory, to act as teacher for his…

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