A source of GREAT info on the HBC in The Colombian District !
Nancy Marguerite Anderson -
Writer and Researcher studying the history of the territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858. Not only fascinating
but she is a direct descendant of Alexander Caulfield Anderson ( Fort Alexandria, 1842, on the Upper Fraser River) James Robert Anderson ( her great great (?)was born at Fort Nisqually in June 1841, and so was a toddler when he arrived at the post in winter, 1842. (she has personal access to his memoirs)
http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/some of her posts ="Journeys"
"The Brigades"
"The Pathfinder: A.C. Anderson's Journeys in the West."
"Two Canoes"
A.C. Anderson’s Writing
Advice for new authors
Alexander Caulfield Anderson
Anderson-Seton Family
Brigade Trail Journals
Brigade Trails
Deaths and Murders
Explorations
Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia
Fort Victoria stories
Fraser River Gold Rush
Fur Trade History
HBC Transportation Systems
Hudson's Bay Company
Indian Reserve Journals
James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
London Ship
Metis in the West
Native plants & foods
Natives in the Fur Trade
North West Company
Personal Stories
Sasquatch Stories
Stuwix Stories
The Harrison-Lillooet Trail
The OId Brigade Trail
Writing
York Factory Expres