The Canadian West : its discovery by the Sieur De La V??rendrye
This text is a history of the Canadian Northwest, including the discovery of the Hudson Bay in 1610, the discovery of the Northwest by the Sieur de la Verendrye in 1731, Verendrye's voyage and travels throughout North America, interaction with the Indian population, and the importance of the fu...
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Beauchemin
1905
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| Online Access: | http://www.archive.org/download/canadianwestitsd00dugauoft/canadianwestitsd00dugauoft.pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cbu_khattar/id/1291 |
| Summary: | This text is a history of the Canadian Northwest, including the discovery of the Hudson Bay in 1610, the discovery of the Northwest by the Sieur de la Verendrye in 1731, Verendrye's voyage and travels throughout North America, interaction with the Indian population, and the importance of the fur trade. The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company are also discussed at length, including the divisions within the North West Company, growing conflicts between the two, and Lord Selkirk's voyage to North America. One section deals specifically with the difficulties faced by the Scottish settlers at the Red River Settlement in 1816. |
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