The early fur trades
Subtitle: a study in cultural interaction
By: by Conrad E. Heidenreich and Arthur J. Ray.
Contributors: Ray, Arthur J., joint author.; Canada Studies Foundation.; Canadian Association of Geographers.
Series: Historical patterns series
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Hudson's Bay Company -- History.; Fur trade -- Northwest Territories -- History.; Fur trade -- Great Lakes Region (North America) -- History.; Indians of North America -- Northwest Territories -- History.; Northwest Territories -- History.; Great Lakes region (North America) -- History.
Description: One of three studies focusing on historical patterns of Canadian geographical development, giving a description and comparison of the beginning, spatial growth and operation of two early fur trading systems in Canada: the French-Indian fur trade in the eastern Great Lakes area from its inception to its destruction in 1649, and the Hudson's Bay Company-Indian trade in western Canada for the first 100 years of its existence. Suitable grades 8 and up.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 89-93.
"A Canada Studies Foundation/Canadian Association of Geographers Project."