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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To Fort George

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 8, 2025 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History 2 Comments
To Fort George

In 1824, Governor George Simpson is making his way from York Factory to Fort George [Astoria], at the mouth of the Columbia River, on his first of three visits to…

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The HBC Brigades, and Requirements for the Brigade Trails

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 31, 2014 Brigade Trails, Explorations
The HBC Brigades, and Requirements for the Brigade Trails

In 1846 and 1847, Alexander Caulfield Anderson explored four routes across the mountains that separated the HBC fort at Kamloops, from Fort Langley on the lower Fraser River. In 1848 and…

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