Title: The early fur trades
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.
Subjects: Fur trade, History, Hudson's Bay Company, Indians of North America
Places: Great Lakes region (North America), Northwest Territories