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The North West Company was primarily operated by Montreal-based fur traders such as Simon McTavish and William McGillivray. Other key figures involved included Alexander Mackenzie, who led expeditions to explore the interior of North America, as well as Indigenous peoples who were vital to the company's fur trade network.

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