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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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 Brigades”), I ran across one man who made an impossible journey through New Caledonia, heading north to the…

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Carlton House Journal

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 1, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Carlton House Journal

From John Stuart’s Carlton House Journals of 1824-25 we find some unexpected information about the Hudson’s Bay Company west of the Rocky Mountains, and the creation of the York Factory…

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Leather Pass

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 9, 2017 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Leather Pass

As a fur trade descendant, I have always called the northern pass through the mountains “Leather Pass.” Today this is officially known as the Yellowhead, which comes from its original…

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Two Canoes: West from Dunvegan

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 3, 2017 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes: West from Dunvegan

So, in 1828, Governor George Simpson, and his companion Archibald McDonald, have arrived at the important Dunvegan post, on the Peace River. It is almost the end of August, and…

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Two Canoes: to Dunvegan

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 22, 2017 "The Brigades", "Two Canoes"
Two Canoes: to Dunvegan

In this post we will continue with Governor Simpson’s journey west by the Peace River. In the last post they stopped at Fort Vermilion, “where we found Mr. Paul Fraser…

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