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The Canadian fur trade in the industrial age

by Arthur J. Ray

Economic conditionsFur tradeHistoryHudson's Bay CompanyIndians of North AmericaIndians of north america, economic conditionsIndians of north america, canada

This analysis of the fur trade carried on by the Hudson's Bay Company and its competitors in northern Canada from 1870 to 1945 includes material on its relations with Indians, the state of the fur market, activities of the Department of Indian Affairs, and details of othertrading companies such as Lamson and Hubbard, Northern Trading Company and Revillon Freres.

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