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Founded by two explorers: Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard des Groseilliers, with the help of Charles II Of England. HBC started in London, United Kingdom.
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NWC was a fur trading company located in Montreal. It competed against HBC and was incresing in sucess against them.
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The Metis settled along the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, and built homes and shelters in that area. This event would soon become the selkirk settlement.
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A project to do with colonization, organized by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl Of Selkirk. It was set up on 300,000 square kilometers of land, which included Rupert's Land.
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The Pemmican Proclamation stated the borders of the granted land to Lord Selkirk by the HBC. The proclamation was signed by the governor, Miles Macdonell.
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A war-like battle between HBC and NWC, who were rivals in the fur trade. The Metis people fought for NWC, and named the battle "The Victory Of The Frog Plain."
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Selkirk died April 8th, 1820.
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In 1821, NWC was destroyed from the war of 1812, by the Americans. This forced the two companys to merge.
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It was sold to Canada by HBC. Ruperts land included parts of Ontario, Quebec, and the Yukon.
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This made Manitoba part of Canada, and made it the 5th province of Canada. After New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec.
