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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The men in the 1826 York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 30, 2019 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
The men in the 1826 York Factory Express

Many of the men who travelled in the York Factory Express worked west of the Rocky Mountains for many years — some worked here for just a year or so.…

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Oxford House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 11, 2019 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"
Oxford House

In about 1843, a young gentleman arrived by dogsled at Oxford House. “About the middle of our third day” of travel from York Factory, “we left the woods and, descending…

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Landmarks on the Upper Hayes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 20, 2018 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Landmarks on the Upper Hayes

This is a continuation of a blog post that I published on September 22nd, and it tells the stories of the portages and other landmarks above Swampy Lake, that were…

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Landmarks on the Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 22, 2018 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Landmarks on the Hayes River

As you know I have been taking a holiday, spending time in the Archives and also in editing my third book. In looking up what John Franklin had to say…

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The Historic Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 4, 2015 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
The Historic Hayes River

Once they left York Factory, built where the Hayes River flowed into Hudson Bay, the York Factory Express men followed up the “York Factory River” towards home. (The York Factory…

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