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Gabriel Dumont Institute

The Hudson's Bay Company Trading System [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
A 42 page learning module presenting a detailed history of the Hudson's Bay Company and the development of their fur trading routes. This document, published in PDF format, contains maps of the trading system, historical timelines and...
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Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company: Sir George Simpson

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive biography describes the life and accomplishments of HBC governor, George Simpson, under whose leadership the Hudson's Bay Company excelled.
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Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company: Donald A. Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
Donald Smith is best known as the white-haired man, in the tall hat, driving "The Last Spike" in the 1885 Canadian Pacific Railway photograph. His other accomplishments include being the only person, rising through the ranks of the Hbc,...
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Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company: Lords & Proprietors

For Students 9th - 10th
Who were the people who invested in the Hudson's Bay Company? Find out who these investors were and their reasons for investing.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Hudson's Bay Company's Monopoly (1821 1850)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Hudson's Bay Company monopoly of the fur trade in Western Canada from 1821-1850. This Alberta Online Encyclopedia article has pictures, hot links to important terms and a Listen link that features audio from the Heritage...
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Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company: Galleries

For Students 3rd - 8th
A database of 70 primary source images relating to the Hudson's Bay Company. Images range from advertisements to event photos to scanned copies of documents.
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Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company: Sir George Simpson

For Students 9th - 10th
In this comic strip biography, George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, falls ill and is visited by his dead cousin Thomas' ghost. Thomas says that George has much to account for and takes him on a life journey of images...
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Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company: H. H. Fudger

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief biography of Harris H. Fudger, president of The Robert Simpson Company Limited (Simpsons), who made his mark on Toronto history in the early 1900s.