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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Landmarks on the Upper Hayes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 20, 2018 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Landmarks on the Upper Hayes

This is a continuation of a blog post that I published on September 22nd, and it tells the stories of the portages and other landmarks above Swampy Lake, that were…

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Brigade Journey North, from the Similkameen Forks

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 4, 2017 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
Brigade Journey North, from the Similkameen Forks

The junction of the Similkameen River with the Okanogan was, from the early days of the HBC in the Canadian Okanagan, known as the Similkameen Forks. In later years, Anderson…

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John Work’s Journey to the Columbia District, 1823

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 25, 2015 "Two Canoes", "York Factory Express"
John Work’s Journey to the Columbia District, 1823

Three years before the York Factory Express existed, John Work travelled over much of their route, on his way from York Factory to Spokane House, on the Spokane River. He…

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The Historic Hayes River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 4, 2015 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
The Historic Hayes River

Once they left York Factory, built where the Hayes River flowed into Hudson Bay, the York Factory Express men followed up the “York Factory River” towards home. (The York Factory…

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Norway House to Hudson Bay via York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 9, 2015 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Norway House to Hudson Bay via York Factory Express

The river route from Norway House to York Factory, on Hudson Bay, was packed with historical landmarks and points of interest, but most fur traders did not bother to keep…

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