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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Carlton to Red River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 7, 2018 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Carlton to Red River

In most of the York Factory Express journals I managed to collect, the Annual Council Meeting for the Hudson’s Bay Company was held in Norway House. That meant that the…

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John Work’s journey from Moose Lake to the Red Deer River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 18, 2017 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
John Work’s journey from Moose Lake to the Red Deer River

John Work and Peter Skene Ogden have been stuck, without provisions, at the Moose Portage, on Lac d’Orignal or Moose Lake. At Lac d’Original, the Beaver River approached the North…

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York Factory Express: Fort Pitt and West

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 7, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
York Factory Express: Fort Pitt and West

The men of the incoming York Factory Express have now arrived at Fort Pitt, on the North Saskatchewan River. They have, by this time, been away from their home post…

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