WDW101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 03: Pierre Dugua, Sieur De Mons, Lake Huron, Coureur Des Bois
15 Jun 2013
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Fur trade began as a by-product of the fishing industry. By coming back each year to the same location, the french established good trade relations with the local amerindians. In the 1580s, the french merchants began sending out ships solely for trading fur products as they were unavailable in europe. Initially, the first nations did not perceive the fur trade as any threat to their independence but by the early 17th century, the. Algonquians on the atlantic coast lost their self-sufficiency and reliant on the europeans. Mi"kmaq"s were once a hunting/fishing society now became trappers spending long periods away from the coast trapping fur-bearing animals for trade and requiring trade for food during winter months since they no longer kept food stores. Tadoussac, at the moth of the saguenay river became the europeans" main trading centre on the gulf of st. lawrence and as many as 20 ships were there at any given time during summer months of the mid-1580s.
