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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B.C. Studies Book Review

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 23, 2022 "York Factory Express", Writing
B.C. Studies Book Review

The academic magazine from the University of British Columbia has recently published their Book Review of The York Factory Express, and in many ways it is a very good review.…

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David Douglas’s Athabasca River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 26, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas’s Athabasca River

In 1827, botanist David Douglas travelled with the outgoing York Factory Express down the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House. From the height of the Rocky Mountains, as shown above, the…

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David Douglas and his YFE journey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 8, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas and his YFE journey

The botanist named David Douglas journeyed out of the Columbia District in Edward Ermatinger’s 1827 outgoing York Factory Express. He left behind him an interesting journal. Here goes: On the…

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Finan McDonald

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 24, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Finan McDonald

Finan McDonald was one of David Thompson’s men, but unlike most of his men he also worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company as a clerk at Spokane House, and later…

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Clerk James Douglas

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 5, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Clerk James Douglas

James Douglas was a clerk when he took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay in 1835; although he returned to the Columbia District as a Chief Trader, having…

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