John F. A. Sanford (1806–1857) was a frontiersman of the American west who worked with Native American tribes as an Indian agent.
 He later joined Pierre Chouteau, Jr. in a fur trapping and trading business.
 He extended his interests into other areas of commerce and became very wealthy.
 In the final years of his life he was involved with the landmark court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford.
 He suffered mental illness and died in an asylum.
George Nidever (also spelled Nidiver) (December 20, 1802 – March 24, 1883) was an American mountain man, explorer, fur trapper, memoirist and sailor.
 In the 1830s he became one of the first wave of American settlers to move to Mexican California, where he made his living in fur trapping.
 In 1853 he led the expedition that rescued Juana Maria, the last member of the Nicoleño people, from San Nicolas Island where she had been living alone for eighteen years.
 Toward the end of his life Nidever wrote a memoir, "Life and Adventures of George Nidever", which was popular at the end of the 19th century.
Lac La Hache is a recreational and retirement community in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada.
 Located on the shore of Lac La Hache alongside British Columbia Highway 97 near the regional centre of 100 Mile House, the community's origins date to the days of the Cariboo Gold Rush and the Cariboo Wagon Road, for which it provided an important roadhouse.
 Lac La Hache, or “The Lake of the Axe” as it translates to, was named during the fur trade, after the unfortunate incident of a French-Canadian voyageur who lost his axe head while chopping a hole in the ice.
 It is a town rich in history, as it sits along the Gold Rush Trail.
Born in Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, Riel was the eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Riel, "dit" L’Irlande, a voyageur, and Marguerite Boucher, a Franco-Chipewyan Métis.
 The Riel family moved back to Lower Canada while Louis was a child.
 He was educated in Quebec, learning the trade of carding wool.
 He joined the fur trade with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1838 and was stationed at Rainy River, Ontario for several years, where he fathered a daughter named Marguerite in 1840.
 He left the HBC in 1842 and returned to Quebec with the intention of joining the priesthood at the Oblates of Mary Immaculate at Saint-Hilaire, but withdrew a year later.
 He returned to the Canadian West, settling in the Red River Colony on a river lot in Saint-Boniface (now a district of modern Winnipeg, Manitoba).
 He married Julie Lagimodière, daughter of voyageur Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière and his wife, Marie-Anne Gaboury in January, 1844.
 Together they had eleven children, and by all accounts formed a devout and close-knit family.
The Chouteau Bridge is a four-lane girder bridge on Route 269 across the Missouri River between Jackson County, Missouri and Clay County, Missouri.
 The bridge is named for Francois Chouteau who was a member of the Chouteau fur trapping family and is considered the first permanent settler in Kansas City.
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; French: "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson" ), commonly referred to as The Bay (La Baie in French), is a Canadian retail business group.
 A fur trading business for much of its existence, Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States with Galeria Kaufhof, Gilt, Hudson's Bay, Home Outfitters, Lord & Taylor, and Saks Fifth Avenue.
 HBC's head office is in the Simpson Tower in Toronto, Ontario.
 The company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "HBC".
Joseph Rolette (23 October 1820 – 16 May 1871) was a well-known American fur trader and politician during Minnesota's territorial era and the Civil War.
 His father was Jean Joseph Rolette, often referred to as Joe Rolette the elder, a French-Canadian and a trader himself.
 Joseph Rolette’s mother was Jane Fisher, who married Joe Rolette, Sr. in 1818 when she was either 13 or 14 years old.
 Jane's relatives took young Joseph to New York.
 Joseph's parents never divorced as they were Catholics, but the couple became separated in 1836.
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 As part of the settlement, Joe Senior built what is today known as the Brisbois House for his estranged wife on Water Street, St. Feriole Island, Prairie du Chien, WI.
Thomas Lee "Tom" Miranda, Jr. (born January 21, 1958) is an American bowhunter, trapper, television host and author.
 He originally gained fame as a fur trapping instructor by producing video trapping lessons.
 From this venture he embarked on a lengthy career as a television bowhunter and is most known for his television bowhunting adventures seen on ESPN, VERSUS and other cable networks.
 Has killed an African bull elephant with several shots from a bow.
Michel Brisbois (October 1, 1759 – April 1, 1837) was a French-Canadian voyageur who was active in the upper Mississippi River valley as early as 1781.
 Originally a fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company, he eventually settled in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin where he became a baker.
Lob trees were prominent trees used as guides or landmarks along voyageur canoe routes.
 Branches were lopped (or lobbed) off the trees just below the top to make them more conspicuous.
 They were located at important places along canoe routes to indicate a portage, trail, or direction to a fur trading post.
 Often the tree was named in recognition of a famous explorer, a bourgeois (trading company official), or a voyageur who had performed bravely.
 Research has shown that this was adopted from earlier First Nations tribes who practised this form of marking.

Question: What was the name of the fur trapping company that, French-Canadian voyageur, Michel Brisbois, worked for?
Answer: The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; French: "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson" ), commonly referred to as The Bay (La Baie in French), is a Canadian retail business group.