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North West Company

North West Company, fur-trading organization in North America in the late 18th and early 19th cent.; it was composed of Montreal trading firms and fur traders.

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Introduction
Formation
Competition with the Hudson's Bay Company
Merger
Bibliography

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North West Company: Bibliography - Bibliography See G. C. Davidson, The North West Company (1918, repr. 1967); H. A. Innis, The Fur ...
North West Company: Merger - Merger After 1810 the rivalry between the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company grew in ...
North West Company: Formation - Formation After the conquest of Canada by the British, which was formalized by the Treaty of Paris ...
Hudson's Bay Company: Rivalry with the North West Company - Rivalry with the North West Company With the transfer of Canada from France to England by the ...
North West Company: Competition with the Hudson's Bay Company - Competition with the Hudson's Bay Company The traders were, for the most part, active and ...

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