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The history of the fur trade is made up of the daring, adventure and bravery, of men and women who lived in North America or who left their homes to travel to this new land. It is through the study of their lives that we can learn about history.

Adventurers
Company Officials
Other

Henry Hudson
(c. 1575-1611):
The Discoverer

Samuel de Champlain
(c. 1570-1635):
Father of New France

Étienne Brûlé
(c. 1592-1633):
The First Coureur de Bois

Jean Nicollet
(c. 1598-1642):
The Peace Maker

Médard Chouart des Groseilliers
(1618-1696):
A brave adventurer

Pierre Esprit Radisson
(c. 1636-1710):
Captured by the Iroquois

Henry Kelsey
(1667-1724):
The Little Giant

Samuel Hearne
(1745- 1792):
Journey to Coppermine River

Prince Rupert
(1619-1682):
The Founder of Hudson's Bay Company

Charles Bayley
(c.1630-?):
Released from Jail

Lord Churchill
(1650-1722):
Protector of Hudson's Bay Company

James Knight
(1640-1719):
A Time for Rebuilding

George Simpson
(c.1787-1860):
Getting Down to Business

Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk
(1771-1820):
The Red River Settlement

Donald A. Smith
(1820-1914):
The Last Spike
Madelaine de Vercheres
(1678-1747):
Heroine of New France

Garakontie
(c. 1654-1677):
Iroquois Peacemaker

Pierre de la Vérendrye
(1685-1749):
The Last of the Great French Pathfinders

Alexander Mackenzie
(1764-1820):
Explorer Extraordinaire

Poster of Governors of HBC 1670 - 1983 in Blackfoot Camp
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Poster of Governors of HBC 1670 - 1983


For more information…

…About the explorers of Canada:
The National Library of Canada: Passageways
The Virtual Museum of New France

…About HBC adventurers and officials:
Hudson's Bay Company: The Adventurers

 
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