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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