Exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilisation / Exposition au Musée canadien des civilisations

Despite being greatly overshadowed in history by the Hudson’s Bay Company which took it over in 1821, the North West Company has a better claim than its one time rival to the honour of creating a Canada from sea unto sea. Beginning in 1779, Montreal fur traders formed the North West Company, travell...

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Main Author: Roy, Patricia E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du Canada 2020
Subjects:
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
British Columbia
Canada
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spelling fteruditdepot:oai:localhost:004841dd 2024-09-30T14:30:50+00:00 Exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilisation / Exposition au Musée canadien des civilisations The North West Company at the Canadian Museum of Civilization Roy, Patricia E. 2020-01-16 https://depot.erudit.org/id/004841dd en eng Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du Canada Vol 36 numéro 3; https://depot.erudit.org/id/004841dd Article 2020 fteruditdepot 2024-09-03T03:16:25Z Despite being greatly overshadowed in history by the Hudson’s Bay Company which took it over in 1821, the North West Company has a better claim than its one time rival to the honour of creating a Canada from sea unto sea. Beginning in 1779, Montreal fur traders formed the North West Company, travelled through the Great Lakes, crossed the prairie, touched the Arctic Ocean, explored and mapped the far west, and established a series of trading posts in what is now British Columbia. In a spectacular exhibit that ran from September 2009 to September 2010, the Canadian Museum of Civilization has given due credit to the Nor’Westers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Érudit - Dépôt de documents Arctic Arctic Ocean British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada
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description Despite being greatly overshadowed in history by the Hudson’s Bay Company which took it over in 1821, the North West Company has a better claim than its one time rival to the honour of creating a Canada from sea unto sea. Beginning in 1779, Montreal fur traders formed the North West Company, travelled through the Great Lakes, crossed the prairie, touched the Arctic Ocean, explored and mapped the far west, and established a series of trading posts in what is now British Columbia. In a spectacular exhibit that ran from September 2009 to September 2010, the Canadian Museum of Civilization has given due credit to the Nor’Westers.
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