Inland Fur Trade
N 52° 49.156 W 102° 22.644
13U E 676721 N 5855389
This is located in Hudson Bay Regional Park, near baseball diamonds.
Waymark Code: WMQ9X7
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 01/18/2016
Views: 1
As the plaque reads:
Inland Fur Trade
Beginning in the Mid -1700's the Hudson's Bay and North West Companies, and other rival fur trade groups, established inland trading posts.
Copper, kettles, knives, glass beads, guns, shot and other goods were exchanged with Indians for furs, mainly for beaver.
Major centers on Lake Superior, Athabasca and Winnipeg were linked by over 4,000 miles of canoe routes.
There were essentially three routes, the Hudson's Bay Company Route from York Factory to Fort Edmonton Via Norway House; The Montreal fur traders route from Lachine to Fort Chipewan on Lake Athabasca and Various routes extending from these forts westward across the rockies.
Department of Natural Resources
Marker type: Plaque on steel bar
Marker placement date: Not listed
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