Fur Trade

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Part I The Earl From: Unsettled View ECW Press	Part I recounts the Earl of Selkirk’s conception of the Red River Settlement in modern-day Manitoba, consisting of two hundred displaced Scottish colonists. Part I includes the following …	Robert Lower	24	2023	$2.40 Add
From Part II Miles McDonnell From: Unsettled View ECW Press	Part II describes the ongoing establishment of the Red River Settlement, and the role played Miles McDonnell, who was appointed to head the colony by the Earl of Selkirk in 1813. Part II includes …	Robert Lower	142	2023	$14.20 Add
From Part III Colin Robertson From: Unsettled View ECW Press	Part III describes the role of Colin Robertson, senior clerk of the Hudson’s Bay Trading Company, in the continued story of the Red River Settlement. Part III includes the following …	Robert Lower	86	2023	$8.60 Add
From Part IV Robert Semple From: Unsettled View ECW Press	Part IV describes the settlement under leadership of Robert Semple, Governor in Chief of the Red River Settlement, culminating in the Battle of Seven Oaks. Part IV includes the following …	Robert Lower	35	2023	$3.50 Add
From NEW! Samuel de Champlain and Nicolas de Vignau From: Making of Canada View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Koabel traces how Samuel de Champlain built a permanent French presence along the St. Lawrence River in the early 1600s, anchored in the fur trade and Indigenous diplomacy.	Greg Koabel	17	2025	$1.70 Add
From Settlement in an Age of Mercantilism: Chartered Companies, Clash of Empires, 1500-1700 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses mercantilism and the beginnings of chartered companies such as the Hudson Bay Company and European settlement in Canada as the European empires sought to expand their trade …	Bryan D. Palmer	10	2024	$1.00 Add
Songs Upon the Rivers The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific Baraka Books	“A major undertaking … a valuable contribution,” Canada’s History Long before the Davy Crocketts, the Daniel Boones and Jim Bridgers, the French had pushed far west and north establishing trade …	Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette	448	2016	View
From The Black Robes Return From: Songs Upon the Rivers View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at the Black Robes and Catholic church’s role in some of the history of French-descended and French-speaking populations in North America.	Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette	43	2016	$4.30 Add
From The French Empire and the First Metis of the Old Northwest From: Songs Upon the Rivers View Baraka Books	This chapter explores Metis history, looking at the history of various Metis communities across North America and the formation of Métis identity. It covers some early French colonial …	Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette	44	2016	$4.40 Add
From The Fur Trade and the Metis of the New Northwest From: Songs Upon the Rivers View Baraka Books	This chapter examines the history of the British (and later Canadian) fur trade, taking the role of a latter-day witness to the arrival of French-speaking peoples in the Pacific Northwest. It …	Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette	28	2016	$2.80 Add
From The Heart of an Empire From: The History of Montréal View Baraka Books	For close to a century, Montreal was the beating heart of a commercial and political empire that covered a large portion of North America. This chapter explores this aspect of Montreal’s …	Paul-André Linteau	10	2013	$1.00 Add
The History of Montréal The Story of a Great North American City Baraka Books	Montreal is one of those unique cities at the crossroads of history. Paul-André Linteau’s The History of Montréal provides essential background for both Montrealers and all those …	Paul-André Linteau	206	2013	View
From NEW! The Le Moyne Brothers From: Making of Canada View Sutherland House	In this chapter,Koabel examines how brothers Paul and Pierre Le Moyne led small Canadian parties on raids against English trading posts in James Bay and the settlement of Schenectady between 1686 …	Greg Koabel	12	2025	$1.20 Add
From The March to Statehood From: Songs Upon the Rivers View Baraka Books	This chapter continues to explore the history of French-speaking/descended settlements in North America, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.	Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette	21	2016	$2.10 Add
From The Mild West The Myth of RCMP From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	For a hundred years the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has occupied a special place in Canadian history and our imaginations. The story of how they drove out the American whiskey peddlers and …	Daniel Frances	49	1997	$1.96 Add
From The Politics of Becoming From: Songs Upon the Rivers View Baraka Books	The authors muse on the role Métis people played in the history of North America, and the way history has been represented/rewritten to exclude their participation in and influence on this …	Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette	33	2016	$3.30 Add