Introduction

Acknowledgements

Timeline

History

• The Beginning of the Fur Trade
  
• Europeans Discover North America
  
• Fashionable Furs
  
• The Fur Trade Expands (and then slows down again)
  
• Two Brave Adventurers
  
• The Hudson's Bay Company is Formed
  
• Conflict and Change
  
• Transfer of Power
  
• Modern Challenges and Reorganization
  
• Hudson's Bay Company Today

Personalities

Adventurers

• Henry Hudson: The Discoverer
  
• Samuel de Champlain: Father of New France
  
• Etienne Brule: The First Coureur de Bois
  
• Jean Nicollet: The Peace Maker
  
• Pierre-Esprit Radisson: Captured by the Iroquois
  
• Pierre Esprit Radisson: A Trip to Meet the King
  
• Médard Chouart des Groseilliers: A Brave Adventurer
  
• Médard Chouart des Groseilliers: A Trip to Meet the King
  
• Henry Kelsey: The Little Giant
  
• Henry Kelsey: The First European to Reach the Prairies
  
• Samuel Hearne: Journey to Coppermine River

Company Officials

• Prince Rupert: The Founder of Hudson's Bay Company
  
• Charles Bayley: Released from Jail
  
• John, Lord Churchill: Protector of Hudson's Bay Company
  
• James Knight: A Time for Rebuilding
  
• James Knight: A Mysterious Shipwreck
  
• George Simpson: Getting Down to Business
  
• George Simpson: Save the Beavers
  
• Thomas Douglas Selkirk: The Red River Settlement
  
• Thomas Douglas Selkirk: The Fighting Intensifies
  
• Donald A. Smith: The Last Spike

Others

• Madeleine de Verchères: Heroine of New France
  
• Garakontie: Iroquois Peacemaker
  
• Garakontie: Bravely Seeking a Truce
  
• Pierre de la Vérendrye: Last of the Great French Pathfinders
  
• Alexander Mackenzie: Explorer Extraordinaire

Stories

• Preparing the Furs
  - Cleaning the Pelt
  - Turning Fur into Fashion
• The History of Hudson's Bay Company Products
  - Point Blankets
  - Standards of Trade
• Life in the Wilderness
  - Work, Food and Insects
  - Canoes and York Boats
  - Snowshoes and Dog Sleds
• Aboriginal Peoples
  - The First People
  - Teachers and Friends
  - Backbone of the Fur Trade
  - The Price they Paid
• Coureurs de Bois
  - Runners of the Woods
  - Courage and Canoes
• The North West Company
  - Rivals for the Fur Trade
  - The Fortunes of War
• King's Daughters
  - Wanted: Wives for the Colonists
  - Work, Work and More Work
  - No Time for Play
• Battle of the Bay
  - England and France at War
  - Battle in Arctic Waters
• The Red River Colony
  - Lord Selkirk has a Plan
  - Life in a New Land
  - Hard Times
  - The Hard Times Continue
• Battle of Seven Oaks
  - The Rivalry Gets Nasty
  - Trading Post Up in Flames
  - Murder Under the Trees

Primary Sources

Teachers' Resources

• Lesson 1
  
• Lesson 2
  
• Lesson 3
  
• Lesson 4
  
• Lesson 5
  
• Lesson 6
  
• Activity 1
  
• Activity 2

Maps and Images

Glossary