Alexander Caulfield Anderson

E879999

Alexander Caulfield Anderson was a 19th-century Hudson’s Bay Company fur trader and explorer known for surveying and opening overland routes in the Pacific Northwest of North America.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alexander Caulfield Anderson canonical 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hudson's Bay Company employee
explorer
fur trader
person
birthDate 1814-03-10
birthPlace British India
Calcutta NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1884-05-08
employedAt Fort Alexandria NERFINISHED
Fort Colvile NERFINISHED
Fort Vancouver NERFINISHED
employer Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED
familyName Anderson NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork exploration of the Pacific Northwest
fur trade
givenName Alexander
hasRelative A. C. Anderson (descendant and biographer) NERFINISHED
James Anderson NERFINISHED
knownFor mapping interior British Columbia
opening alternative routes to the Fraser River goldfields
surveying overland routes in the Pacific Northwest
language English
notableWork exploration of overland routes in the Pacific Northwest
occupation author
cartographer
explorer
fur trader
participantIn development of Hudson's Bay Company transport routes
exploration of British Columbia
placeOfDeath British Columbia NERFINISHED
New Westminster NERFINISHED
residence British Columbia NERFINISHED
New Westminster NERFINISHED
workedOn overland route between Fort Kamloops and Fort Alexandria
overland route between the lower Fraser River and the interior of British Columbia
survey of alternative brigade trails to avoid the Fraser River canyons

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anderson Island namedAfter Alexander Caulfield Anderson