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  2. List of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts. [ 1] For the fur trade in general see North American fur trade and Canadian canoe routes (early). For some groups of related posts see Fort-Rupert for James Bay. Ottawa River, Winnipeg River, Assiniboine River fur trade, and Saskatchewan River fur trade . Contents.

  3. Port Perry - Wikipedia

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    NTS Map. 31D2 Scugog. GNBC Code. FCIAS. Port Perry is a community located in Scugog, Ontario, Canada. The town is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) northeast of central Toronto, north of Oshawa, and east of Whitby. Port Perry has a population of 9,553 as of 2021. [ 2] Port Perry serves as the administrative and commercial centre for the township of ...

  4. Fort William Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    A star-shaped door handle. One of the cannons near the main entrance to the park. The inscription reads I. & P. VERBRUGGEN. Fort William Historical Park (formerly known as Old Fort William) is a Canadian historical site located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, that contains a reconstruction of the Fort William fur trade post as it existed in 1816.

  5. Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway ( PW&PP) was a railway running from Whitby to Port Perry, running north–south about 50 km east of Toronto. It was built to connect local grain and logging interests with the railway mainlines on the shores of Lake Ontario. It was later extended northeast to Lindsay, becoming the Whitby, Port Perry and ...

  6. Lake Scugog - Wikipedia

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    Lake Scugog. /  44.18333°N 78.85722°W  / 44.18333; -78.85722. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Scugog is an artificially flooded lake in Scugog, Regional Municipality of Durham and the unitary city of Kawartha Lakes in central Ontario, Canada. [ 1] It lies between the communities of Port Perry and Lindsay.

  7. Fort Garry - Wikipedia

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    Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post located at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in or near the area now known as The Forks in what is now central Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fort Garry was established in 1822, although its first iteration was destroyed in 1826 by severe flooding.

  8. Moose Factory - Wikipedia

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    Area code. 705. Moose Factory is a community in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Moose Factory Island, near the mouth of the Moose River, which is at the southern end of James Bay. It was the first English -speaking settlement in lands now making up Ontario [ 3] and the second Hudson's Bay Company post to be set up in ...

  9. Trading post - Wikipedia

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    A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory in European and colonial contexts, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded. Typically the location of the trading post allows people from one geographic area to trade in goods produced in another area.