fur trading
Beaver skin business
Fur trading is the commercial exchange of animal pelts, historically central to the economies of colonial North America and Russia.
Beaver, fox, and mink furs were particularly prized.
The industry shaped exploration, indigenous relations, and settlement patterns for centuries: The Hudson's Bay Company dominated the Canadian fur trade.
Modern fur trading continues but faces opposition from animal rights advocates.
- voyageursHistoric fur-trade boatmen
- barter systemsMoneyless exchange arrangements
- intermarriageWedding between different groups
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- Hudson's Bay CompanyColonial Canadian fur merchant
colonialism · cultural assimilation · tribal alliances · pemmican · trappers · mercantilism · coureurs des bois · canoe routes · exploration routes · beaver pelts · animal skins · treaty negotiations · supply chains · overhunting · habitat destruction · French-Canadian · portage · snowshoes
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- Arctic Culturesigloo building, kayak, dogsled, dog sledding, seal hunting
- ancient craftspottery, mosaics, weaving, carpentry, blacksmithing
- old industriesblacksmithing, ironworks, sawmills, gristmills, tanneries
- traditional craftspottery, hand sewing, wood carving, weaving, blacksmithing
- Arctic industriesoil drilling, oil extraction, gas extraction, arctic drilling, offshore drilling
fur tradingwildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
animal protection · animal rights activism · wildlife protection · wildlife rehabilitation · animal liberation