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unusual facts about fur trading



Cornish, Maine

Here converged three major Abenaki Indian paths—the Sokokis Trail (Route 5), the Ossipee Trail (Route 25) and the Pequawket Trail (Route 113), making it a central location for conducting with Native Americans the lucrative fur trade.

Dane-zaa

In the late 18th century, European Canadians opened the Peace River area to fur trading.

Grande Ronde River

The Grande Ronde River was given its name sometime before 1821 by French Canadian voyageurs working for the Montreal-based fur trading North West Company.

Pembina, North Dakota

Started by the French as a fur trading post for commerce with the American Indians, it was also tied to trade for American Bison.


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Big Bend Country

Boat Encampment, near the Big Bend of the Columbia's most northerly point, is the historic site of a long-established fur trading cache and campsite on the annual York Factory Express.

Delta, Colorado

Fort Uncompahgre was built in 1828, and was established as a fur trading post by Antione Robidoux.

Donald MacLaren

After recovering MacLaren, his father and his brother opened a fur trading post at a remote point on the Peace River.

Festival du Voyageur

It celebrates Canada's fur-trading past and unique French heritage and culture through entertainment, arts and crafts, music, exhibits, and displays.

Hillside Beach, Manitoba

During the fur trading expeditions of the Voyageurs and Coureur des bois the lagoon was part of a portage for traveling between the Winnipeg River and Lake Winnipeg en route from French eastern Canada to the Red River Valley, avoiding the long often choppy route around Elk Island.

Pierre Chouteau, Jr.

In 1847 Pierre and his brother Auguste established Fort Benton in present-day Chouteau County, Montana as the last fur trading post on the Upper Missouri River.