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 at Lake Garry

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 11, 2023 "Journeys", Anderson-Seton Family 2 Comments

So let us continue James Anderson’s journey home from Montreal Island and Adelaide Peninsula, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. On their journey south from the sea, they are…

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The new Fort Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 18, 2022 "Headquarters", Alexander Caulfield Anderson
The new Fort Simpson

On July 16, 1834, the HBC’s ship, Dryad, was moved a little closer to where the new Fort Simpson was to be built, and “Disembarked the passengers & baggage &…

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Thomas Lowe Crosses the Equator

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 7, 2020 "Journeys", London Ship
Thomas Lowe Crosses the Equator

In 1841, Thomas Lowe sailed on the HBC ship Vancouver, on his way to the HBC’s Pacific coast headquarters, Fort Vancouver. He did not reach that post — but that…

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  • Journey to the Fraser River March 24, 2023
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