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Coureurs de Bois time period
French Canadian traders traded with First Nations people. -
des Grosseilliers fights with Huron against the Iroquois
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Hudson's Bay Company Founded
Location: London, England
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Voyageur time period
Voyageurs who were licensed to trade traded with the First Nations people. -
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Pierre LaVerendye's journey
Pierre LaVerendye and his sons create trading posts in the area west of Lake Superior -
Samuel Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson Bay Company
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North West Company founded
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Alexander Mackenzie Important Years
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Alexander Mackenzie attempts to find the Northwest passage.
Mackenzie follows rivers flowing in the northwest direction in an attempt to find the Northwest passage. -
Alexander Mackenzie leaves Fort Chipewyan
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Alexander Mackenzie helped create "Fort Fork."
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Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Coast
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David Thompson set out to map part of the Canada-U.S. boundary.
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Lord Selkirk becomes a Philanthropist
Thomas Douglas(A.K.A. Lord Selkirk) inherits the Selkirk claims and sponsors Scottish farmers by giving them a place to live in the Red River Colony. -
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Daniel Williams Harmon writes his journal
Harmon writes his journal on the daily life of a fur trader and his struggles in a libertarian environment. -
Lord Selkirk first attempts colonisation
Roughly 128 men arrive. -
Battle of Seven Oaks
The conflict between the Metis and the Scottish newcomers results in a battle which kills 21 of Selkirks men and 1 Metis. -
North West Company closed
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Hudson's Bay Company sold Rupert's Land to Canada
