The company was formed largely because of the actions of two French fur traders - Mdard Chouart ... In good years, native trappers and hunters would unload more than 100,000 animal pelts at ...

Voyageurs is named for the 17th-century French fur trappers whose trade route defined the U.S.-Canadian border. Today, the park is one of the few places in the continental United States where you ...

The French lost the northern half of the continent, along with their part of the fur trade. This vacuum was filled by English pedlars (as the HBC dismissively called them) from Quebec who went ...