Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Pierre Esprit Radisson, 1640? 1710
Pierre-Esprit Radisson arrived in Wisconsin in the mid-1600s as one of the first French fur traders to reach there. Radisson led a colorful life and traveled widely across the continent, although he is reputed to have exaggerated some of...
Historica Canada
Canada's National History Society: Fur Trade Stories: From 1600 1867
The main site is huge with interactive links to different time periods, archival documents, photos, and artifacts. This section focuses on the time period 1600-1867 which included the first interactions between First Nations and...
Other
Northwest Journal: Women of the Fur Trade, 1774 1821
This article is useful in discussing the role of women in the fur trade, as well as the attitudes and policies of the trading companies towards family life. As this comes from an organization dedicated to historical re-enactments of...
Other
Festival Du Voyageur
Voyageurs are remembered each year in Manitoba's Festival du Voyageur. It is a special recognition and reinforcement of the province's deep Franco-Manitoban history and roots. This winter celebration is proof that the voyageurs' courage...
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Henry Hudson
A biography of Henry Hudson (1565-1611), an English explorer and sea captain. He made four voyages in an attempt to discover a northern route between Europe and Asia. Hudson never found such a passage, but he sailed farther north than...
Oregon Secretary of State
Oregon Blue Book: Oregon History: Land Based Fur Trade and Exploration
A detailed overview of Oregon's early history, including the Lewis and Clark expedition and what it accomplished, and the development and decline of the fur trade industry.
University of Alberta
Atlas of Alberta Railways: Before the Railway: Trails, Canoes and York Boats
Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the early trade routes used in western Canada before the construction of the railway. The site also provides digital maps showing the locations of the land and...
Other
The Road to Nunavut
This web page sources the creation of Nunavut to the land claims made by aboriginals as it traces the evolution of people and communities in the Northwest Territories. The ultimate establishment of Nunavut is accounted for by the...
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Metis Cultural Museum: Cumberland House
Links to a Adobe Reader PDF document that outlines the history associated with Cumberland House in Saskatchewan, with a slight focus on Metis peoples. Extremely detailed, the thirty pages include excellent maps and charts easily...
Other
History of the Russian Settlement at Ft. Ross,california
Details Russian expansion across Asia, over the Bering Strait to Alaska, and then down the coast to California. Their settlement, relations with the Spanish, life in Ft. Ross, and departure are chronicled here.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Fur Trade & Mission Sites
This Alberta Online Encyclopedia offers a website devoted to fur trading and mission sites in Rupert's Land, the area that would become part of Alberta. Listing nine separate sites, there are pictures, and an audio link to the "Heritage...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: How the West Was Young
Alberta's early history is presented for students in this website covering pre-contact native people's history and fur trade exploration. Teachers looking to incorporate audio in organized lesson plans will like this website prepared by...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Metis in Alberta
Explore the Metis Peoples in Alberta--their beginnings, the people and their communities and their culture and lifestyle. Listen to content, view pictures, read text and follow the timeline of this Aboriginal peoples of Alberta.
Other
Samuel Hearne: Explorer and Naturalist
Though he "has not always been thought well of," Samuel Hearne is the first--and one of the best--naturalists in Canadian history. This article lists some of the reasons he has been perceived as a failure and highlights the first-class...
Glenbow Museum
Glenbow Museum: Blackfoot Culture and History
A good description of the culture of the Blackfoot from pre-contact to present time. Read about the importance of the buffalo and the treaties which took away the Blackfoot land.
Curated OER
Photograph: Hudson's Bay Company Post, Dog Head Point, Lake Winnipeg, 1884
This entry from the National Library of Canada's presentation on Canadian Confederation, looks at the 1870 inclusion of Manitoba. Built from the North-Western Territory, the province was founded by Metis, Francophones from Lower Canada,...
Curated OER
Photograph: Inside the Hudson's Bay Company Post, Norway House, 1878
This entry from the National Library of Canada's presentation on Canadian Confederation, looks at the 1870 inclusion of Manitoba. Built from the North-Western Territory, the province was founded by Metis, Francophones from Lower Canada,...
Digital History
Digital History: Mountain Men
The life of the fur trappers and traders was harsh, and fur, as a valuable commodity, was short-lived. Read about the effect the traders had on life in the West.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1800
A map of North America and Central America showing territorial claims and possessions in 1800. The map is color-coded to show the territories of the United States, British, Spanish, French, and Russians, and indicates areas of disputed...
Curated OER
Etc: Oregon Trail and Other Routes, 1832 1842
A map of western North America between the opening of the Oregon Trail in 1832 to 1842, prior to the establishment of the Provisional Government of Oregon by American settlers in 1843. The map shows the boundary of the Oregon Country,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Intercolonial Wars, 1689 1713
A map of eastern colonial North America showing the struggle for supremacy between England, France, and Spain in the region, from the King William's War (1689-1692) to Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), a period also known as the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Saskatchewan, 1922
A map from 1922 of the province of Saskatchewan, showing the provincial capital of Regina, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railways, Hudson Bay Company outposts, terrain features, lakes, and rivers.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 1906
A map from 1906 of the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan showing the province capitals of Winnipeg and Regina, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railways, lakes and rivers, Hudson Bay Company posts, and Indian...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Alberta and British Columbia, 1906
A map from 1906 of the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia showing the province capitals of Edmonton and Victoria, major cities and towns, railways, lakes and rivers, mountains, coastal features, forts, Hudson Bay Company posts,...