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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Constructing Fort Victoria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 3, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
Constructing Fort Victoria

There is actually very little information on the actual work of constructing Fort Victoria, on the southern coast of the HBC’s Vancouver’s Island, and Roderick Finlayson’s journals may give us…

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Thomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 25, 2022 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Thomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver

On June 15, 1843, Thomas Lowe arrived at Fort Vancouver, at the mouth of the Columbia River, after having served both at the northwest coast post of Fort Durham, and…

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John McLoughlin in 1841

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 14, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
John McLoughlin in 1841

Fort Vancouver’s Chief Factor, John McLoughlin, had little to do with the building of Fort Victoria, and nothing at all to do with its management, in spite of the fact…

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The building of Fort Victoria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 7, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
The building of Fort Victoria

In summer 1843, Fort Victoria was built on Camosun Harbour or Inlet, on the southern end of Vancouver’s Island. Although it was at first sometimes called Fort Albert, that name…

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Fort Durham’s Closure

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 30, 2022 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Fort Durham’s Closure

Clerk Thomas Lowe finally arrived at Fort Durham (sometimes called Fort Taku) in April 1842, and his letters now tell the story of what happened at this turbulent northwest coast…

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