Food
This non perishable food was made from bison meat fat and sometimes berries was vital for fur traders on long journeys.
What is Pemmican
The North Western Territory was located north and west of this large fur trade region.
What is Rupert's Land
This North West Company explorer reached the Arctic Ocean in 1789 while searching for a route to the Pacific.
Who is Sir Alexander Mackenzie
This violent clash was caused by the rivalry between the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company.
What is Battle of Seven Oaks
This non perishable food, made from bison meat, fat, and sometimes berries, was the main economic fuel before large scale farming.
What is Pemmican
This fish with lake trout was abundant in bodies of water such as Great Slave Lake and Lake Winnipeg?
What is Whitefish
This major river served as a main canoe and boat route for fur trade companies.
What is Mackenzie River
Indigenous communities called this mapmaker “Koo-Koo-Sint,” meaning “the man who looks at stars.”
Who is David Thompson
This company was forced to unite with the North West Company after years of conflict and near bankruptcy.
What is the Hudson's Bay Company
These animals, including beavers, marten, mink, foxes, and muskrats, were the main resource behind the fur trade.
What are fur bearing animals
This animal was hunted by Indigenous and Métis communities and was the main ingredient in pemmican?
What is Bison
This large lake was one of the major watersheds in the North Western Territory.
What is Great Slave Lake
This French Métis leader helped Sir John Franklin’s Arctic expedition by securing safe passage and food.
Who is François Beaulieu II
This event ended the fur trade wars and created a centralized Hudson’s Bay Company administration over millions of square kilometres.
What is the merger of the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company?
This mineral, found in the northern part of the territory, was important for ships travelling toward Alaska and trains moving goods across the country.
What is coal
By the late 1860s this animal’s population declined quickly due to overhunting, leading to more European style agriculture.
What is Bison
This territory located to the south of the North Western Territory, was short lived and was replaced by British Columbia.
What is Stickeen Territories
In 1793, this explorer became the first person to cross North America overland north of Mexico.
Who is Sir Alexander Mackenzie
This gold rush brought thousands of armed Americans into British North American territory and raised fears of American annexation.
What is Stkine Gold Rush
These trees, found in the boreal forests, were used for local construction, steamboat fuel, and lumber for the future transcontinental railway.
What are spruce, pine, and fir trees
This settlement showed that the prairies could be farmed successfully and helped the region become known as the world’s breadbasket.
What is The Red River Settlement
These three remote trading posts were established because of the territory’s geography and acted as vital outposts in the subarctic.
What is Fort Simpson, Fort Norman, Fort Good Hope
This Métis leader resisted the Hudson’s Bay Company by trading independently, and the company eventually gave him special status as a free trader.
Who is François Beaulieu II
To maintain British control after the Stikine Gold Rush, colonial authorities created this territory from part of the North Western Territory.
What is Stickeen Territory
In the late 1850s, scientific expeditions found large areas of this type of rich soil along the prairies, which later led to a wheat boom.
What is black soil