European Contact with Indigenous population Canada
When Europeans first came to the coast of British Columbia in the late 1700's there were many separate nations of native communities sharing territory. Initially native contact with white men was limited to explorers and traders. The fur traders impact was minimal, they came for furs then left. T....
Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond
Henry David Thoreau was a rebel. Walden can be seen as an account of his rebellion. By the 1840's, life had changed throughout New England, even in the heart of America's rebellion, Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau wrote that "I have traveled a good deal in Concord" (Krutch 108). He knew what he saw ....
Influence of the Canadian Fur Trade
The fur trade was one of the key reasons Canadian settlement took place.
Originally Canada was not settled except for seasonal fishers coming to the area for cod. What at first was an almost hostile environment between the seasonal fishers and the natives eventually changed to a closer relati....
The fur trade and the developement of canada
J. Murray 1
Jeff Murray
Dr. Daniel Byers
UHI 1406
22, November 2004
The Fur-Trade and Canadian History
The Hudson Bay Company (HBC), was founded on, may 6, 1670. Medard Chouart Des Groseilliers and Pierre Radisson the founders of the Hudsons Bay Company saw a great need ....