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Voyageurs
Voyageurs were French Canadian
Transported furs by canoe
In 1681 became hard to get a trading license, Voyageurs were now hired by people with trading licenses -
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Fur Trade
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Coureurs de Bios
Independent french Canadians who traveled in New France and the interior of North America
They often ventured into unsettled areas to trade with the Indigenous people, trading European items for furs
there work started to decline around 1715 -
Radisson and Des Grosseliers
french explorers and fur traders in Canada who were working with the English
They were brothers in law
First Europeans to go deep into the forest belt of Northern Canada to negotiate trading agreements
First to propose a trading company to reach the interior of the continent -
Hudson's Bay Company
The oldest merchandising company in the English speaking world
Formed by a group of rich people from England
In 1670, Charles II granted them control of the fur trade around Hudson's bay -
Saskatchewan River fur trade
one of the two main places in Canadian expansion west of lake Winnipeg
Fourth longest river in Canada
Major transportation root for Indigenous people -
Pierre LaVerendye
French Canadian military officer, Fur trader and explorer
Established trading posts west of lake superior with his four sons -
Expulsion of the Acadians
Acadians Would not sign oath of allegiance with the British, therefore all French people in the colony were ordered to leave -
Seven Years War
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Samuel Hearne
Explorer, Fur trader and author from London
First European to make a overland journey across northern Canada
Made three journeys to the Canadian Arctic to discover the North West Passage -
American Revolution
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North West Company
taken over by Hudson's bay Company in 1821
Managed by mostly HIghland Scots who migrated to montreal -
French Revolution
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David Thompson
spent time with aboriginal people in the prairies when he was sent to explore new trading grounds at the foot hills of the Rockies
Famous map maker, mapped all the way from Churchill to Vancouver -
Alexander Mackenzie
Journeyed 6400 kilometers across North American North of mexico working for The North West Company
Revealed the potential in western North America -
War of 1812
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Merger of Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company
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Canadian confederation
