The fur trade played a formative role in the development of this country. For almost 250 years furs were big business across the vast, forested wilderness of what is now modern day Canada. The trade […]
The Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company, competing fur-trade entities, both established trading posts in 1799 near the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Clearwater Rivers, in what became known as Rocky Mountain […]
“Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers…” ~Ellsworth […]
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