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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Cattle Drive

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 27, 2017 "The Brigades", Fur Trade History
Cattle Drive

A few days ago I was thinking about the 1843 brigade trail, and wondered if I would get any clues on its location from David Douglas’s journey to New Caledonia…

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John Stuart, and the Brigade trails in B.C.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 11, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
John Stuart, and the Brigade trails in B.C.

In 1805, the Nor’Westers Paul Fraser, and John Stuart, entered New Caledonia via the Peace River, establishing a post at Trout Lake [McLeod Lake]. Fraser left Jean Baptiste Boucher [Waccan,…

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The 1843 Brigade Trail, Loon Lake to Green Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 27, 2016 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
The 1843 Brigade Trail, Loon Lake to Green Lake

From Loon Lake, in what is now the province of British Columbia, the men of the incoming New Caledonia brigade rode northwest, crossing the range of hills that lay between…

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The 1843 brigade trail, Copper Creek to Loon Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 20, 2015 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
The 1843 brigade trail, Copper Creek to Loon Lake

This blogpost has been rewritten, with lots of new information. I have learned much more about the trail since I wrote this the first time. In November 1842, Alexander Caulfield…

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