Who
Which two countries settled in Canada first and started the fur trade?
France and England
What body of water did the Hudson's Bay Company base there first trading routes from?
Hudson Bay
1653
What was the most important fur/pelt that was traded?
The beaver
Why did a trading post need to be built by a forest?
The forts/buildings were entirely made of wood
What were the names of the two major trading companies that competed in Canada?
The Hudson's Bay Company and the Northwest Company
Where did the French and the Northwest Company start their fur trading routes from?
The Saint Lawrence river and the great lakes
The fur trade ended when the HBC sold their land. When did the fur trade end?
1870
Which fur was traded and turned into hats for the Queen of England's guards?
Bear fur
Why did a trading post need to be built by a river or lake?
all trade routes were by water and canoe
What was the name of the group of people that was created when French fur traders married Indigenous women and started their own families?
The Metis
Which directions did the fur trade start to move to and expand their trading routes to?
North and West
Which fur trade company formed first? HBC or the NWC?
HBC (Hudson Bay Company)
What material did the Europeans bring over that was very popular to trade with the indigenous people?
metal, cotton/cloth
Why were the first nations people important during the fur trade? What important knowledge did they have?
How to move around efficiently on the waterways/land, how to trap and find animals
What were the French fur traders who travelled by canoe called?
Voyaguers
What was the name of the Land that the Hudson's Bay Company owned?
Rupert's Land
When were the first furs brought to England?
1669
What was something that was traded that had a negative impact on the life of the first people?
alcohol, disease ridden blankets, ?guns
Why did the Europeans want to trade for furs?
To earn money by selling them to Europe for fashion.
Name one of the explorers who explored West to try to find fur trade routes to the West? This lead to the start of trading communities in the West of Canada.
Simon Fraser and Alexander Mackenzie
Name one fur trading post
Fort Langley, Fort Williams
When did both fur trading companies combine to form one company?
1821
A fire pit
Name 2 example of why/how was the fur trade harmful to the indigenous people?
They caught deadly diseases from infected blankets and materials, they started to loose some of their traditions as they gained new materials (like guns and metal), they were treated with a lot of prejudice and racism