PERLS204 Lecture : Jan 30 - Turn Of The Century.docx

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: PERLS204
• Professor: Zac Robinson

Document Summary

Hbc had title to rupert s land y by the 1770 s and 1780 s the fur trade began to push west. This was due to competition from y 1767 1820: alex mackenzie who was a explorer and fur trader began his exploration in the other fur trading companies like the north west company y. In 1792, mackenzie departed from fort chipewan and travelled into the smokey area intot he artic ocean. However he was looking for the pacific ocean. rockies. They travelled into the pacific ocean and beat the americans. y americans didn t cross the continent until 1805 y one of the big reasons the fur trade pushed west was due to the demographic issue. There was small pox issues which decimated the population. John a macdonald was the first pm of canada and was the. Beaver fur drove the fur trade second longest serving pm y.