NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

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Anderson to Clinton Colden Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 17, 2026 "Journeys", Explorations
Anderson to Clinton Colden Lake

Chief Trader James Anderson, his clerk James Green Stewart, and his small party of men, have made their way south from the Arctic Ocean, hoping to reach Great Slave Lake…

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Anderson at Lake Garry

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 11, 2023 "Journeys", Anderson-Seton Family
Anderson at Lake Garry

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 Story of a Ship

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 12, 2022 "Journeys", Deaths and Murders
The Story of a Ship

As you already know from the hints I have dropped, something DID happen in the frozen wastes of Adelaide Peninsula when James Anderson and his crew of men were there.…

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James Anderson on the Back River 1

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 5, 2021 "Journeys", Explorations
James Anderson on the Back River 1

So James Anderson and James Green Stewart and their men have now reached the headwaters of the Great Fish River, and will begin their journey north to the Arctic Ocean.…

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James Anderson’s Journey part 3

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 23, 2021 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
James Anderson’s Journey part 3

In this post we are following James Anderson as he and his party paddled across Great Slave Lake, heading north from Fort Resolution to McLeod Bay. At this point he…

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