Record details

• ISBN: 1550288431
• ISBN: 9781550288438
• Physical Description: 96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm
• Publisher: Toronto : J. Lorimer, ©2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"An illustrated history"--Cover

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

In the beginning -- the fur trade to 1608 -- Fateful decisions -- the fur trade, 1608-1663 -- The struggle for the northern fur trade, 1663-1713 -- The fur trade reaches the Saskatchewan River, 1713-1763 -- "A mari usque ad mare" -- the fur trade, 1763-1800 -- Fur trade wars and the creation of a new Hudson's Bay Company, 1800-1821 -- Fur trade monopoly -- The George Simpson era, 1821-1849 -- The fur trade in a climate of change, 1850-1883 -- The fur trade in a modernizing world, 1885-1945.

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Subject:

Northwest, Canadian > History.
Fur trade > Canada > History.
Nord-Ouest canadien > Histoire.
Fourrures > Commerce > Canada > Histoire.
Fur trade
Canada
Canada > Canadian Northwest

Genre:

History