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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Thomas Lowe, 1845

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 20, 2023 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company
Thomas Lowe, 1845

For Thomas Lowe, it is 1845 — and of course it is time for me to write a Thomas Lowe post. Yet, I discover that most of the information I…

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Up the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 31, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Up the Columbia River

In August 1849, clerk Thomas Lowe journeyed up the Columbia River as far as Fort Nez Percés, following the same river route that the York Factory Express had travelled in…

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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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Fort Assiniboine

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 16, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Assiniboine

Fort Assiniboine was one of many posts along the Athabasca River west of the mouth of the Clearwater River, although most posts on the river were located in the Jasper…

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