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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Historic posts, Peace River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 15, 2025 "Headquarters", "The Brigades"
Historic posts, Peace River

In our second post about historic fur trade posts west of the Rocky Mountains, I am beginning with the Peace River and heading west and south. Yes, I know that…

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Fort St. James

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 4, 2023 "The Brigades", HBC Transportation Systems
Fort St. James

Fort St. James was the centre of the fur trade in north-central British Columbia, and played an important role in HBC’s exploration history. It was also where the HBC Brigades…

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Impossible Journey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 29, 2021 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
Impossible Journey

When I was doing research some time ago for another book (“The HBC Brigades”), I ran across one man who made an impossible journey through New Caledonia, heading north to…

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Two Canoes: To Trout Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 23, 2017 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes: To Trout Lake

This, the nineteenth post of this series, is the continuation of Governor Simpson’s journey west to New Caledonia in 1828. The author of the journal is Archibald McDonald, who is…

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