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Fur Trade and Exploration

Opening the Far Northwest, 1821-1852

by (author) D.J. Karamanski

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1983
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774801447
    Publish Date
    Dec 1983
    List Price
    $31.95

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Description

In nineteenth-century North America the beaver was "brown gold." It and other fur-bearing animals were the targets of an extractive industry like gold mining. Hoping to make their fortunes with the Hudson's Bay Company, young Scots and Englishmen left their homes in the British Isles for the Canadian frontier. In the Far Northwest -- northern British Columbia, the Yukon, the western Northwest Territories, and eastern Alaska -- they collaborated with Indians and French Canadians to send back as many pelts as possible in return for an allotment of trade goods.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Theodore J. Karamanski holds the bachelor's and master's degrees and a doctorate in history from Loyola University, Chicago, where he is Assistant Professor of History and Research Director of the Mid-American Research Center.