The Fur Trade is an industry revolved around the acquisition and the sale of animal fur. In the years around the 1580s, the French were very interested in 'castor gras' or 'coat beaver'. Beaver wool became the sought after material for French hat makers.
The French fur traders had to trade for bear fur, deer skin. They had to trade theese things because they were warm
The role of the Canadian fur trade was to allow the natives to trade fur pelts for goods, with the europeans.
The fur trade was important to french because they had a lot of kettles, knives and other gifts. They wanted furs.
The French tried controlling the Fur trade.
Profiting from the fur trade
in the 1800 if your talking about the American fur trade because there was french and british fur trades too
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French traders were eager for Beaver fur/ fur in the 1600s.
The French
They wanted fur trade
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They wanted fur trade