The Selkirk Settlers were among the first organized European agricultural settlers to arrive in what is now Manitoba. In the ...

In 1659, two French fur-traders - Pierre Esprit Radisson and his brother-in-law Mdard Chouart des Groseilliers - embarked on a journey into the Canadian interior that would transform the North ...

In the late 1600's, Britain became a dominant force in the North American fur trade with the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company, which would become one of the largest fur trading companies ...