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 fur trade “Harangue”

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 3, 2015 Explorations, Fur Trade History
The fur trade “Harangue”

In Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s journal of exploration, 1847, the explorer writes about a fur trade harangue. He doesn’t call it that, of course. But he harangued the Natives who accompanied…

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Kequeloose, and the Brigade Trail

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 19, 2014 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Kequeloose, and the Brigade Trail

The above photograph shows the Fraser River looking north from the modern-day Alexandra Bridge, toward the old bridge. On this point of land stood the Native village of Kequeloose, and…

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The Good Neighbour

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 1, 2014 A Literary A. C. Anderson
The Good Neighbour

This is the talk I gave in front of a small group of people who came to the Heritage Week event at Saanich Centennial Library, in Victoria, February 20th 2013.…

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Tsilaxitsa, Okanagan chief

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 25, 2014 "The Brigades", A Literary A. C. Anderson
Tsilaxitsa, Okanagan chief

Alexander Caulfield Anderson left Kamloops for the last time (as a fur trader, at least) in 1849 when he led the Fort Colvile brigades out to Fort Langley. He would…

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