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Nor'westers: The Fight for the Fur Trade

Marjorie Wilkins Campbell

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Description:The North West Company was formed in Montreal in 1779 by a group of enterprising merchants and fur traders at a time when fur-trading was Canada's major industry. In 1820 it ceased to exist, having been merged after struggle and bloodshed with its powerful rival, the Hudson's Bay Company. In the forty-odd years between, it had cornered the fur trade of what is today Canada, and its members had explored the entire northwest third of North America. At the height of its power, the Company's empire stretched from the King's Ports on the Lower St. Lawrence to the Pacific Ocean, from the Upper Mississippi to the Arctic. The story of the North West Company is the story of the Nor'Westers themselves--Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, Peter Pond, Simon Fraser, the McGillivrays, the Frobishers, the Pangmans, and many other ambitious and daring 'homme du nord'. Fortunes came to them readily, if at great cost of physical exertion and demands on courage and enterprise. Excerpt from book jacket THE NOR'WESTERSWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nor'westers: The Fight for the Fur Trade. To get started finding Nor'westers: The Fight for the Fur Trade, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 0613931017

Description: The North West Company was formed in Montreal in 1779 by a group of enterprising merchants and fur traders at a time when fur-trading was Canada's major industry. In 1820 it ceased to exist, having been merged after struggle and bloodshed with its powerful rival, the Hudson's Bay Company. In the forty-odd years between, it had cornered the fur trade of what is today Canada, and its members had explored the entire northwest third of North America. At the height of its power, the Company's empire stretched from the King's Ports on the Lower St. Lawrence to the Pacific Ocean, from the Upper Mississippi to the Arctic. The story of the North West Company is the story of the Nor'Westers themselves--Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, Peter Pond, Simon Fraser, the McGillivrays, the Frobishers, the Pangmans, and many other ambitious and daring 'homme du nord'. Fortunes came to them readily, if at great cost of physical exertion and demands on courage and enterprise. Excerpt from book jacket THE NOR'WESTERSWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nor'westers: The Fight for the Fur Trade. To get started finding Nor'westers: The Fight for the Fur Trade, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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