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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Paul Kane at Jasper’s House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 30, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Paul Kane at Jasper’s House

So, we just left Paul Kane watching as Montrose McGillivray punished a voyageur for stealing provisions of pemmican made with berries. The incoming York Factory Express party is travelling up…

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Two Canoes: Jasper Valley

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 16, 2017 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes: Jasper Valley

In October 1823, John Work and Peter Skene Ogden are making their way west from York Factory, on Hudson Bay, to their new employment on the Pacific slopes. For Work…

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York Factory Express: Crossing of the Continental Divide to the West

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 10, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
York Factory Express: Crossing of the Continental Divide to the West

This is Athabasca Pass, which is the subject of this blogpost. In this nineteenth leg of the long York Factory Express journey to Hudson Bay and return, I am going…

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