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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Henry Anderson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 6, 2024 "The Brigades", Anderson-Seton Family, Fur Trade History
Henry Anderson

What do I write about today? The constant question, asked and answered every week! While combing through my HBC Brigade files to find a subject that I have not yet…

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Fort Shepherd Stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 16, 2018 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
Fort Shepherd Stories

My book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July, 2024. To order my books, The HBC Brigades, and…

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Lac La Hache (Axe Lake)

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 24, 2018 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Lac La Hache (Axe Lake)

My book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July 2024. You can order my books, The HBC Brigades,…

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An addition to the Cannibalism post

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 17, 2018 Deaths and Murders, Fur Trade History
An addition to the Cannibalism post

This will be a shorter-than-my-normal post, and it is part of the Cannibalism post of a few weeks ago. But this story is interesting: it is Paul Kane’s story of…

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