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The fur trade did not involve barter in the way that most people presuppose but was a credit/debit relationship when a fur trader would arrive in a community in the summer or fall, hand out goods to the Indians who would pay him back in the spring with the furs from the animals they had killed over the winter; in the interim, further exchanges ...
(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
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.
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.
American Fur Company: 1846–1864: The Blackfeet: National Historic Landmark: Fort Campbell [3]: 36 Near the city of Fort Benton: Chouteau: Harvey, Primeau & Co. 1846–1861: Fort Cass [3]: 127 At the confluence of the Bighorn and the Yellowstone: Treasure: American Fur Company: 1832–1838 [2]: 68 The Crow: Fort Chardon [4]: 46 Fort F. A. Chardon
Its services are used by both large fur farms and small-time trappers. Its auctions are held three to four times a year in Toronto. It is the largest fur auction house in North America, and the second largest in the world. [1] In its May 2008 auction, NAFA handled nearly 3.5 million pelts.
In 1828 Fort Union, located in Upper Missouri was the chief establishment for most fur companies, lone traders like, Wyeth, Bonneville, Pilcher, Fontenelle made it competitive for established fur companies. In 1834 Fur trade was at its height, with half dozen organized companies in the United States competing with the American fur company which ...
Wilson Price Hunt (March 20, 1783 – April 13, 1842) was an early pioneer and explorer of the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest of North America.Employed as an agent in the fur trade under John Jacob Astor, Hunt organized and led the greater part of a group of about 60 men on an overland expedition to establish a fur trading outpost at the mouth of the Columbia River.