MGMT 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: The North West Company, North West Company, York Factory
28 Jun 2016
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The only goal they had in mind was to attempt and control their surrounding competitors as well as raise capital for themselves. In 1779, some companies had joined and partnered together to create the north west company. The north west company was a fur trading business, which was headquartered in. The company was officially created in 1783 in opposition to. Montreal"s fur trading interests and the hudson bay company. The north west company had many rivals, but the biggest was the hudson"s bay company (hbc). Hbc was formed in 1670 and based in london, england. In 1821, after years of competing against each other, north west company had given up and agreed to merge with the. The main question of curiosity is what had caused the northwest. Company led to a massive environmental impact with numerous fur trade posts being built and the fact that the interior of canada was being explored which proved to be an advantage for the.
