The Hudson's Bay Company stopped looking for new sources of fur because the Native people were delivering fur to the trading posts, causing them to not need to go out to find it.
Henry Kelsey came to Canada to work for the HBC in fur trade.
They were British fur traders that rivaled the Hudson bay Company. Often they would intercept furs from the HBC's convoys
Anthony Henday was famous for pushing his discoveries and explorations for Britain far West. He made several alliances with the First Nations in doing so. This helped the Hbc a great deal.
The British set up a private company, the Hudson Bay Company whose business model had them set up trading forts along the coast to which trappers, mainly Aboriginals, would bring furs to for trading. The advantage to the Aborginals was the ability to live as they choose inland, for Hudson Bay Company it limited their expense and risk of traveling inland. The European French found themselves kicked out of what is today Canada in the mid 1700's the result of losing wars to the English. Some remained and became French Canadians. They traded inland bypassing the HBC monoply and trading directly with whoever they found willing to trade. Inland trading forced HBC to change their plans and move ever further inland. Eventually a company was set up out of Montreal to compete directly with the HBC. The Northwest Company was bought out by, or merged with the HBC in 1821 and they became one company.
Fur trading is a type of bartering system. In fur trading, furs from animals are traded for goods and services.
HBC
Yes, HBC, or the Hudson's Bay Company, was apart of the fur trade. In fact they are still around nowadays as "The Bay".
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) controlled the fur trade. Or did it? HBC was the major player in the fur trade, but it faced stiff competition at times from Montréal merchants. It cannot be stated baldly that HBC completely controlled the fur trade.
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Henry Kelsey came to Canada to work for the HBC in fur trade.
Colonialism started with the fur trade and the introduction of the HBC into Canada
They were British fur traders that rivaled the Hudson bay Company. Often they would intercept furs from the HBC's convoys
They were both fur-trading companies, but they were competing against each other. The HBC had a very strict standard of trade. There was little room for bargaining, and they didn't trade for alchohol. The NWC on the other hand, has more of a relaxed standard, and they traded Whisky with the Indians.
The fur trade
HBC was an English company, it never worked for France. As a matter of fact, it competed with the French traders.
David Thompson became an explorer because he had a passion for adventure, mapping new territories, and expanding geographical knowledge. He was also hired by the North West Company to survey and map the fur-trading routes in North America.
Its fur, the blubber you are looking at is his testicles.