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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Building a York Boat

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 18, 2020 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"
Building a York Boat

As I am reading through the Fort Selkirk post journals, I realized the HBC men at that post are building a York Boat. From scratch! Now, this is interesting! So…

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Notes re the Liard River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 20, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Notes re the Liard River

I found a lovely little document the other day, while I was looking for something else. It is James Anderson’s Notes on the Navigation of the West Branch or Liard…

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Robert Campbell’s Yukon River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 9, 2019 "Journeys", Explorations
Robert Campbell’s Yukon River

Before we join Robert Campbell in his journey down the Yukon River, we will need to digress from Campbell’s explorations, and speak of the founding of Fort Yukon. This, from…

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Liard River to Pelly Banks

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 26, 2019 Explorations, Fur Trade History
Liard River to Pelly Banks

My last blogpost covered the HBC attempt to build a post on the lower Stikine River. They failed, and Peter Skene Ogden returned to Fort Simpson, on the Nass River,…

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Liard River 3

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 29, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Liard River 3

So the men going up the Liard River have reached the old location of Fort Halkett, where it stood on the banks of the Smith River. I am continuing, with…

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