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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Collin’s Gulch

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 28, 2017 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails
Collin’s Gulch

In 1849, Deputy-Governor Eden Colvile traveled into the New Caledonia by the Peace River route. As he said in his letter to Sir J. H. Pelly, written from Fort Victoria…

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The Louchameen [Zouchameen] Road

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 22, 2017 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Louchameen [Zouchameen] Road

In late 1858, Lieutenant Henry Spencer Palmer of the Royal Engineers arrived at Fort Victoria with the second batch of soldiers. By late summer of 1859, he was assigned to…

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I Found the Garden of Eden

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 14, 2015 Brigade Trails, HBC Transportation Systems
I Found the Garden of Eden

Quite a long time ago, a friend named Sharon, who is an expert in maps both in the Archives and in various other repositories, took me into Lands and Titles…

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Nicola Lake to Kamloops

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 23, 2015 "The HBC Brigades", Explorations
Nicola Lake to Kamloops

From the grasslands of Nicola Lake, the men of the various brigades reached Kamloops by crossing the highlands between the Nicola valley and the Kamloops Lake valley. It’s a beautiful…

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The Nicola Valley

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 13, 2014 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Nicola Valley

You will see, above, a portion of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s 1867 Map of British Columbia. At the top is Kamloops Lake, with the Kamloops post perched at its east end.…

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