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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James Green Stewart

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 28, 2026 "Journeys", Fur Trade History
James Green Stewart

James Green Stewart kept a journal of his voyage by the Great Fish River to the shores of the Arctic Sea. It is very interesting to see what he wrote,…

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The Story of a Ship

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 12, 2022 "Journeys", Deaths and Murders
The Story of a Ship

As you already know from the hints I have dropped, something DID happen in the frozen wastes of Adelaide Peninsula when James Anderson and his crew of men were there.…

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Anderson reaches Adelaide Peninsula

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 8, 2022 "Journeys", Anderson-Seton Family
Anderson reaches Adelaide Peninsula

In this blogpost Chief Trader James Anderson, his clerk James Green Stewart, and their party of fourteen experienced men, have reached Montreal Island, and will move on to the western…

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James Anderson on Chantrey Inlet

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 11, 2022 "Journeys", Fur Trade History
James Anderson on Chantrey Inlet

As we know, James Anderson, his clerk James Green Stewart, and their men, are making their way down the Great Fish River to the Arctic Ocean, in search of evidence…

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David Douglas goes home

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 28, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas goes home

In this post, botanist David Douglas heads for home in England, after his journey down the Athabasca River with the outgoing York Factory Express. Edward Ermatinger was the leader of…

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