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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Liard River 3

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 29, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Liard River 3

So the men going up the Liard River have reached the old location of Fort Halkett, where it stood on the banks of the Smith River. I am continuing, with…

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Liard River 2

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 15, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Liard River 2

I promised my Twitter followers I was going to keep them wet and cold over Christmas, and I can’t think of a better way to do that than to continue…

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James Birnie, 1828-1836

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 29, 2015 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
James Birnie, 1828-1836

James Birnie had joined the free wheeling North West Company in 1818, and when in 1821 it merged with the Hudson’s Bay Company under the latter’s name, he came with…

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