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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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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Anderson on Montreal Island

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 30, 2022 "Journeys", Fur Trade History
Anderson on Montreal Island

The year is 1855, and James Anderson and his party of men, which includes James Green Stewart, have paddled down the Back, or Great Fish River. On August 1 they…

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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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James Anderson on Lake Franklin

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 23, 2022 "Journeys", Explorations
James Anderson on Lake Franklin

In this blogpost, James Anderson (A), and his clerk James Green Stewart, will make their way down the Great Fish River, from Wolf Rapids to another large lake called Lake…

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