Nancy Marguerite Anderson<p>THE MIGHTY THOMPSON RIVER FLOWED WEST from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamloops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kamloops</span></a> Lake to the Fraser River, running through a rugged and rocky territory that caused rapids and made travelling the river banks difficult. This is the river bank that Alexander Anderson walked down in 1847, when he was searching for a brigade trail to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FortLangley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortLangley</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheHBCBrigades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHBCBrigades</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/mighty-thompson-river/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nancymargueriteanderson.com/mi</span><span class="invisible">ghty-thompson-river/</span></a></p>