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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John Charles 2

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 12, 2021 "York Factory Express", Metis in the West
John Charles 2

This post is a continuation of John Charles’s story. I began this story some time ago, as you may remember, and it began with this paragraph: John Charles led out…

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Athabasca Pass

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 3, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Athabasca Pass

The subject of this post is the Athabasca Pass, and the Hudson’s Bay Company men who used this route to reach the Columbia District from the Saskatchewan. In 1826, Aemilius…

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Paul Kane leaves Edmonton House

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 28, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Paul Kane leaves Edmonton House

“We remained at Edmonton till the morning of the 6th [October],” Paul Kane wrote, “preparing for the arduous journey which now lay before us.” Paul Kane was travelling west with…

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John Charles

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 15, 2020 "York Factory Express", Deaths and Murders
John Charles

John Charles led out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay in 1849. He did not make it home again, but was shot and killed at Campement d’Orignal, or Moose…

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Liard River 3

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 29, 2018 Brigade Trails, Explorations
Liard River 3

So the men going up the Liard River have reached the old location of Fort Halkett, where it stood on the banks of the Smith River. I am continuing, with…

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