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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Peter Warren Dease in New Caledonia

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 19, 2024 "Journeys", "The HBC Brigades"

Peter Warren Dease was assigned the charge of the New Caledonia district in 1831, taking over the charge of the district from Chief Factor William Connolly, who had been at…

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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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Aemilius Simpson, his cousin George, and the birth of the York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 2, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Aemilius Simpson, his cousin George, and the birth of the York Factory Express

Aemilius Simpson was a very interesting young man, and one who kept a concise journal of his voyage across the North American continent, from York Factory to Fort Vancouver, Columbia…

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