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Hudson Bay, [a] sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km 2 (470,000 sq mi). It is located north of Ontario , west of Quebec , northeast of Manitoba , and southeast of Nunavut , but politically entirely part of Nunavut. [ 5 ]
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; French: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, it became the largest and oldest corporation in Canada, before evolving into a major fashion retailer, operating retail stores across both the United States and Canada.
Hudson's Bay Company, the oldest surviving corporation in Canada, founded in 1670 Hudson's Bay (department store) , a retail subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Bay point blanket wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company in exchange for beaver pelts.
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John Thomas (or Thompson, [1] c. 1751 – June 9, 1822) was a Canadian fur trader who played a significant role in the exploration and establishment of posts by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in North America.
Hudson's Bay (when it was still branded as The Bay) in Centerpoint Mall, in North York, Toronto, Ontario. The diversification of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) became necessary with the decline of fur trade in the latter half of the 19th century, and the Deed of Surrender in which ownership of the North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land was transferred from HBC to the newly established ...
In 1839, the Hudson's Bay Company were convinced of the need to dispense formal justice throughout Rupert's Land and established a court at the Red River Colony, in the "District of Assiniboia", south of Lake Winnipeg. A Recorder and President of the Court would act as legal organizer, adviser, magistrate, and councillor and be responsible for ...
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