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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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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Cheese

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 23, 2019 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
Cheese

Yes. Cheese. An odd subject, perhaps, for a fur trade blogpost, but I have found cheese mentioned at times in the list of provisions the HBC men carried across the…

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Two Canoes Through the Fraser Canyon

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 23, 2018 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
Two Canoes Through the Fraser Canyon

In this last leg of the Two Canoes series, I will bring Governor George Simpson down the Fraser River, from the mouth of the Thompson River to Fort Langley. Those…

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James McDougall

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 9, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
James McDougall

As I do my last *personal* edits of my York Factory Express book, I am attempting to determine which of the two McDougall brothers traveled west in the 1826 York…

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George McDougall

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 27, 2015 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
George McDougall

In my research for my next book, I stumbled on a very interesting man whose name was familiar, but about whom I knew little. His name is George McDougall, and…

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