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2. Siberian fur trade - Wikipedia

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   The sable coat, in particular, is a symbol of status and is one of the most coveted types of fur coats. There are American and Canadian versions of the sable coat, but the Russian version is the most valuable. Prices for the full-length Siberian sable fur coat today can cost around $100,000 or 3,185,850 rubles. [15]

3. Fur trade - Wikipedia

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   The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading Posts and Early Fur Companies of the Missouri Valley and the Rocky Mountains and the Overland Commerce with Santa Fe. 2 vols. (1902). full text online; Dolin, Eric Jay (2010). Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America (1st ed.).

4. North American fur trade - Wikipedia

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   Modern fur trapping and trading in North America is part of a wider $15 billion global fur industry where wild animal pelts make up only 15 percent of total fur output. In 2008, the global recession hit the fur industry and trappers especially hard with greatly depressed fur prices thanks to a drop in the sale of expensive fur coats and hats.

5. Fur clothing - Wikipedia

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   The fur trade is the worldwide buying and selling of fur for clothing and other purposes. The fur trade was one of the driving forces of exploration of North America and the Russian Far East. [37] The fur trade has long-lasting effects, specifically on the Natives in North America and the populations of fur bearing animals worldwide.

6. Hudson's Bay point blanket - Wikipedia

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   Blankets of 2.5, 3, 3.5 and 4 point were most common during the fur-trade era. Today, Hudson's Bay blankets are commonly found in point sizes of 3.5 , 4 , 6 and 8 . [3] The misconception persists that originally the points were an indication of a blanket's price in beaver pelts or even its weight.

7. 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

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9. North West Company - Wikipedia

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   Fort William Historical Park, a reconstruction of the Fort William fur trade post as it existed in 1816, near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Fur trade; Grand Portage Indian Reservation; Isaac Todd – a ship built at Quebec in 1811 for John McTavish to wrest Fort Astoria and its trade from the Pacific Fur Company; List of trading companies; North West ...