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Hudson's Bay Company

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Hudson's Bay Company

Chartered company founded by Prince Rupert in 1670 to trade in furs with North American Indians. In 1783 the rival North West Company was formed, but in 1821 it merged with the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1912 the company planned a chain of department stores in western Canada, and became Canada's leading retail organization, which it remains today. It also has oil and natural gas interests.



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From that time, the Hudson's Bay Company enjoyed a monopoly of the Indian trade from the coast of the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains, and for a considerable extent north and south.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
A still more formidable opposition was organized in the Hudson's Bay Company, chartered by Charles II.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Here stood the old Hudson's Bay Company fort; and here were many Indians, much food, and unprecedented excitement.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
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