History
Old Photographs of Fort Dunvegan
The Tsattine (Beaver) people have lived on the land in the Dunvegan area for thousands of years. The North West Company (NWC) arrived in 1805 and established a fur trading post on the banks of […]
Fur Trade
History
Vintage Photos of Trading Posts from Across Alberta
Canada’s western frontier was developed on the back of the fur trade. As an extremely competitive business, the fur trade thrived for nearly 250 years as hunters and trappers attempted to satisfy Europe’s demand for […]
History
Vintage Photos of Trapping from Around Alberta
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 […]
History
Vintage Photographs from Rocky Mountain House
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 […]
History
Historic Photos of Fort Edmonton
The Hudson’s Bay Company originally established Fort Edmonton back in 1795 along the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The fortified trading post was strategically built next to their rivals, the North West Company’s Fort […]
Alberta Travel
Lethbridge Lineage: Southern Alberta’s Historic Fort Whoop-Up
Before there was an Alberta, before there were Mounties, there was a Whoop-Up! In 1869 two Montana fur traders, John J. Healy and Alfred B. Hamilton, traveled north to British/Canadian territory (formerly Rupert’s Land owned […]
History
Wild Jobs Part Eight: Trappers
“Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers…” ~Ellsworth […]