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!

Deep Creek

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 5, 2024 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails

This story is about the stream near Williams Lake, BC, that used to bear the name of Deep Creek. Take a look at the map on page 18 of my…

Looking for Le Barge

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 15, 2015 Fur Trade History, Natives in the Fur Trade

I was asked an interesting question the other day: Where do I suppose that the name of the Barge village, on Fraser River, came from? Le Barge was a Secwepemc…