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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Voyageur Traditions

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 17, 2023 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
Voyageur Traditions

In spring of every year between 1826 and 1854, the outgoing York Factory Express men arrived at Edmonton House. They left Fort Vancouver, their Pacific coast headquarters on the Columbia…

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The Railway vs the Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 14, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
The Railway vs the Express

Everything ends. Even the York Factory Express, that ran for twenty-six years across the Rocky Mountains to Edmonton House, came to a sudden, crashing, end. Surprisingly, its death was caused…

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Paul Kane’s Journal

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 12, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Paul Kane’s Journal

This is the second section of artist Paul Kane’s journal, written as he makes his way toward the Rocky Mountains and the Columbia District in 1846. He is travelling with…

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Paul Kane

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 29, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Paul Kane

I have not paid enough attention to Paul Kane, and I am beginning to regret that fact. He is a very useful guy when it comes to west-of-the-Rockies history, and…

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The York Factory Express for Booksellers

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 15, 2020 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
The York Factory Express for Booksellers

The annual York Factory Express journey to Hudson Bay, and its return as the Columbia Express, was unique to the Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur trade west of the Rocky Mountains…

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