Hudson bay company

The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), chartered 2 May 1670, is the oldest incorporated joint-stock merchandising company in the English-speaking world. HBC was a fur trading business for most of its history, a past that is entwined with the colonization of British North America and the development of Canada. The company now owns and operates department stores in Canada, the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Originally headquartered in London, England, its head offices are…

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First Nations people trade furs with settlers at a Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Canada.

(Photo via rowellphoto.com) Very few blankets hold the iconic status that Hudson’s Bay Point blankets do. These stripped blankets were created by the Hudson’s Bay Company in the Norther…

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HUDSON'S BAY CO.

The Hudson’s Bay Company Archives staff have created hundreds of biographical sheets of employees who worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company fur trading companies, and the information is available online. This is not a new resource, … Continue reading →

A Hudson's Bay Company Outpost