Mar 11, 2025
Quotation: Some Early History of the Fur Trade by Ken Whytock
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Quotation: Some Early History of the Fur Trade by Ken Whytock
Quotation: "When we talk about the fur trade, we're really discussing a period of about 250 years." by Ken Whytock Via Flickr: binary comment
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Ravenscrag, built for Sir Hugh Allan in 1863 —ooo— I have continued to research Scots in Canada. They were fur traders and became were wealthy. They later became explorer. As fur traders, they founded the North West Company (1789) which competed with the Hudson Bay Company (established in 1670). They lived in the Montreal’s Golden Square Mile (mille carré doré) and socialized at the Beaver…
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The First French Settlement in the Americas
The First French Settlement in the Americas
Pierre Dugua de Mons
Henri IV, King of France and Navarre, also called le bon roi (the good King), wanted France to harvest the rich pelts it could find in Northeastern North America. Henri also asked Du Gua de Mons to create a settlement in what are now the Maritime provinces of Canada. Officially, Port-Royal(Annapolis Royal) is the first French settlement in North America. It was…
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