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This site is
about the fur trade in Canada and how it led to the exploration
of the country and the formation of the oldest and largest company
in Canadian history: Hudson's Bay Company. In fact, the history
of the fur trade, Hudson's Bay Company and the exploration of
Canada are so intertwined that they can not be separated. So read
on and learn more about Canada!
For all parts
of this site, an excellent source of extra information is
The Canadian
Encyclopedia, created and maintained
by Historica.
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for Teachers and Researchers
This site has been written so students ages 9 and up can use
it easily. It includes in-text queries to encourage higher-level
thinking. It also has teaching suggestions for this topic, with
learning expectations and outcomes identified.
There are also links to useful information on other Web sites
and to digitized primary sources in the Early
Canadiana Online database. These primary sources should
be of use to students writing essays and researchers seeking
original information.
Readers will notice that "Hudson's Bay Company" is not called "the
Hudson's Bay Company" on this site. This is because the company considers
it a proper name, like a person's name, and so does not need "the" before
the name.
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