Competition among Traders in Western Arctic Canada

This chapter depicts the growth and development of the fur trade during the 1920s in Western Arctic Canada: its swift eastward expansion (as far as King William Island), and the rivalries that developed among several trading companies, particularly the Hudson’s Bay Company, the Klengenberg family, a...

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Main Author: Bockstoce, John R.
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Yale University Press 2018
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300221794.003.0007
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Summary:This chapter depicts the growth and development of the fur trade during the 1920s in Western Arctic Canada: its swift eastward expansion (as far as King William Island), and the rivalries that developed among several trading companies, particularly the Hudson’s Bay Company, the Klengenberg family, and the Canalaska Company.