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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James Anderson on Chantrey Inlet

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 11, 2022 "Journeys", Fur Trade History
James Anderson on Chantrey Inlet

As we know, James Anderson, his clerk James Green Stewart, and their men, are making their way down the Great Fish River to the Arctic Ocean, in search of evidence…

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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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Peter Warren Dease travels north from Fort Alexandria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 12, 2018 Brigade Trail Journals, Hudson's Bay Company
Peter Warren Dease travels north from Fort Alexandria

So it is now time for me to bring Peter Warren Dease north from Fort Alexandria to Fort George [Prince George]. Dease’s journals are usually quite brief: but I would…

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The New Caledonia Brigades travel north from Fort Alexandria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 24, 2018 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
The New Caledonia Brigades travel north from Fort Alexandria

The New Caledonia brigades started their journey at Fort St. James, and so have to make their way north, from Fort Alexandria, to that place. They turn their horses loose…

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New Caledonia Brigades travel west from Horse Lake

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 30, 2017 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
New Caledonia Brigades travel west from Horse Lake

In the eighteenth blogpost in this series, we will follow the incoming New Caledonia brigades past Horse Lake. They will go up to Lac la Hache via Little Bridge Creek,…

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