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  2. North American fur trade - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of European and Indigenous fur traders in North America, 1777. The North American fur trade is the (typically) historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America, predominantly in the eastern provinces of Canada and the northeastern American colonies (soon-to-be northeastern United States).

  3. Canadian canoe routes - Wikipedia

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    British Era: The second era began when trade reached the pays d'en haut west of Lake Superior. In these cold lands beaver had longer and thicker fur. After the British conquered Canada in 1759, management of the Montreal trade was taken over by English-speakers while the real work continued to be done by French-Canadians.

  4. List of fur trading post and forts in North America - Wikipedia

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    (Maniwaki in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. HBC established fur trading post) (17th century fur trade building located in Lachine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.) (Nipising 1874 Hudson's Bay Company trading post) Fort George

  5. 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.

  6. Assiniboine River fur trade - Wikipedia

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    The western fur trade collapsed during the British conquest of Canada but it was soon restored by English-speakers. These so-called "Pedlars" joined together to form the North West Company. The Hudson's Bay Company responded by building posts inland, starting with Cumberland House, Saskatchewan in 1774. Competition between the HBC and NWC led ...

  7. The Fur Trade in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Fur Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History is a book written by Harold Innis covering the fur trade era in Canada from the early 16th century to the 1920s. First published in 1930, it comprehensively documents the history of fur trading while extending Innis's analysis of the economic and social implications of Canada ...

  8. The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    A stone warehouse was erected in 1803 to store the furs gathered as a result of fur trade. It is now a Parks Canada museum dedicated to the history of this strategic location as a departure and arrival point for fur trading expeditions. The site is separate from Lachine Canal National Historic Site, with which it is inextricably connected.

  9. Fur trade - Wikipedia

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    A fur trader in Fort Chipewyan, Northwest Territories, in the 1890s A fur shop in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2019 Fur muff manufacturer's 1949 advertisement. The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.