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Alexander Mackenzie Voyageur Route

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Description
From Quebec City, to Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park west of Bella Coola, British Columbia route of waterways unites Canada historically and geographically....
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Battle of Seven Oaks

Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 3, June-July 2016, p. 13
Description
Brief description of the battle, which took place in what is now West Kildonan, a suburb of Winnipeg on June 19, 1816.
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Battle of Seven Oaks: 1816

Alternate Title
Snapshots of 19th Century Canada Blackline Master #10A
[Critical Challenges across the Curriculum]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Critical Thinking Cooperative
Description

The battle was a confrontation between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company during the Pemmican War which was precipitated by a proclamation that no pemmican could be exported from the Red River Colony. The North West contingent was led by Cuthbert Grant and included a large number of Métis.

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Battle of Seven Oaks, June 19, 1816

Documents & Presentations
Description

Lesson plan investigates who fired the first shot in the confrontation between English settlers (mostly Hudson's Bay Company men) and Métis and First Nations men, led by Cuthbert Grant, delivering pemmican to the North West Company. It was the culmination of the Pemmican Wars and the competition between the two fur trade companies.

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[Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Charles A. Bishop
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 145-148
Description
Review of: The Fur Trade of the Little North Indians, Peddlers, and Englishmen East of Lake Winnipeg by Victor P. Lytwyn.
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Brandy and Beaver Pelts: Assiniboine-European Trading Patterns, 1695 – 1805

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Schilz
Saskatchewan History, vol. 37, no. 3, Autumn, 1984, pp. 95-102
Description

Describes the evolving participation of the Assiniboine people in the fur trade of the 18th century. Provides information on the relationships the Assiniboine had with the French, the Coureur des bois and those they had with other First Nations, including the Cree, the Sioux, and the Blackfoot. Entire issue on one PDF, scroll down to page 95.

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Canada-Red River Settlement

Alternate Title
HC Deb 24 June 1819, vol 40, cc1351-73
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Montgomery
[Edward] Ellis
[James] Scarlett
[Henry] Bennett
[Henry] Goulburn
Description

Transcript of House of Commons (United Kingdom) debate about the conflicts between the Lord Selkirk's colony and the North West company.

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A Chapter in the Literature of the Fur Trade

Alternate Title
Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America ; v. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lawrence J. Burpee
Description

Reprinted from v. 5 of the Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America, Chicago 1911.

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Daniel Williams Harmon

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John H. Archer
Saskatchewan History, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 1951, pp. 62-67
Description

Discusses the journal of Harmon, an employee of the North-West Company (NWC) from 1800 to 1819. Entire issue on one PDF file, scroll to page 62.

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Dark Storm Moving West

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Arn Keeling
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, Spring, 2009, p. 148
Description
Book review of: Dark Storm Moving West by Barbara Belyea.
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The Difficulties of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Penetration of the West

Articles » General
Author/Creator
R. Glover
Saskatchewan History, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, January 1949, pp. 30-32
Description

Discusses the history of the HBC between 1774 (the founding of Cumberland House) and 1821 (the merger between the HBC and the Northwest Company), including: transportation of goods and labour shortages. Entire issue on one PDF file, scroll to page 30.

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Duel at Ile-à-la’Crosse

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Author/Creator
Elizabeth Arthur
Saskatchewan History, vol. 27, no. 2, Spring, 1974, pp. [41]-50
Description

Article examines several historical documents and first-hand accounts in an attempt to piece together a sword duel, and preceding events, at Fort Chipewyan between a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), employee, James McVicar, and a North West Company (NWC) employee, Hector McNeil. Entire issue on one PDF file, scroll to page 41.

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The Fraser Canyon Encountered

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cole Harris
BC Studies, no. 94, The Historical Geography of British Columbia, Summer, 1992, pp. 5-28
Description
Overview of canyon societies.
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From Seven Oaks to Batoche: Métis Resistance in History and Narrative

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wolfgang Klooss
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle=Change(?), 2016, pp. [25]-51
Description
Highlights some of the most important facts in the history of Métis resistance consulting both historiographic accounts and literary texts. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
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The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site of Canada

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Parks Canada
Description
Describes the thriving fur industry in the Montreal region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Website includes history, the bourgeois, the voyageurs, role of Aboriginal women, North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company, virtual tour, image gallery, and activities.
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Fur Traders in Conversation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura J. Murray
Ethnohistory, vol. 50, no. 2, Spring, 2003, pp. 285-314
Description
Discusses the customs of talking, silences and etiquette especially from records of Daniel Harmon, a Northwest Company (NWC) trader from 1800-1819.
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Henry’s Journal

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles N. Bell
Transactions of the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society, no. 37, Series 1, May 9, 1889, p. [?]
Description
Excerpts from the Journal of Alexander Henry to Lake Superior, Red River, Assiniboine, Rocky Mountains, Columbia and the Pacific, 1799 to 1811, To Establish the Fur Trade, covering the years 1806-1808.
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Historical Overview. Métis History

Alternate Title
Historical Overview: Lesson 2 Fur Trade Economics
Documents & Presentations
Description

AN overview and lessons guide of Metis history for educators.  

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