HSTR 230A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The North West Company, York Boat, Pemmican
13 Sep 2016
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Part 1: the fur trade in the northwest. Can be seen as a symbol of canada. Canoes were a huge part of the fur trade, as they could navigate through small rivers and lakes yet still carry lots of furs. Different types of canoes: bull canoe, dugout canoe, birchbark canoe, canot du ma tre, york boat. Different types of canoes were used depending on what part of canada you lived in and what type of water you were traveling on. Aboriginals believed that you traveled to your afterlife in a canoe. The york boat was used by the hudson"s bay company because it could carry. Fur was a trade staple for many many years. Historical importance today is far more important today then the economic impact was back then. The further west the fur traders went, the more they had to deal with the. Many of the hudson"s bay company forts, ended up in what is today the.
