FRENCH FUR TRADERS
The Fur Trade - French Heritage Society
The Fur Trade The French in North America quickly realized that this continent had riches that they could exploit via the fur trade.
Great Lakes Indigenous People and the French
Voyageurs (travelers in French) were men hired to work for the fur trade companies to transport trade goods throughout the vast territory to rendezvous posts.
Fur Trade | Virtual Museum of New France
The fur trade was nevertheless the economic engine of New France: it underwrote exploration, evangelization, and settlement initiatives.
The Fur Trade | Milwaukee Public Museum
After the destruction of the Huron by the Iroquois, the Ottawa became middlemen in the French fur trade. Great flotillas of canoes would leave Chequamegon Bay ...
'"runner of the woods"') or coureur de bois ( French: [kuʁœʁ də bwɑ]; plural: coureurs de(s) bois) were independent entrepreneurial French Canadian traders who ...
The Fur Trade | Minnesota Historical Society
Voyageurs ("travelers" in French) were men hired to work for the fur trade companies to transport trade goods throughout the vast territory to rendezvous posts.
The French Fur Trade | Wisconsin Historical Society
For most of the eighteenth century, furs came through lakes Michigan and Superior from Wisconsin, Minnesota, western Ontario and many other regions.
French fur-trade era, 1634-1763. For a century and a half Michigan's life ... New France issued licenses to traders, but many unlicensed traders known ...
Wisconsin Fur Trade | Milwaukee Public Museum
This system kept the Indians indebted, ensuring a continuous supply of beaver pelts to Europe. Figure 9: French troops celebrating their victory at Fort ...
Fur Trade Era: 1650s to 1850s | Short History of Wisconsin
Explorers from France began arriving in Wisconsin in the early 1600s, followed by fur traders and missionaries. Indian hunters provided beaver pelts to the ...
Voyageurs · Fur trading was done by canoe and largely by French Canadians. In the fur trade context, the word also applied, to a lesser extent, to other fur ...
French Fur Traders and Voyageurs in the American West
Description. “Frenchmen were far ahead of Englishmen in the early Far West, not only prior in time but greater in numbers and in historical importance,” writes ...
New France and the Place of the Fur Trade
The trade was about more than the value of furs. What Was New France? New France was a widespread network of French settlements, trading posts, forts, ...
Fur Trappers and Traders | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History ...
The French discovered no Aztec or Inca treasure, but they built a solid trade base on fur. Within a century of the establishment of Quebec in 1608, French ...
Fur Trade and French Alliance – CPN Cultural Heritage Center
French explorers were lured to Mechingan and the surrounding area, trading beaver for French goods and weapons. Recognized as the dominate tribe in the region.
La Baye Fur Trade (1770-1830) | Heritage Hill State Historical Park
La Baye Fur Trade (1770-1830) ... Its strategic location between the Mississippi and the Saint Lawrence Rivers made “La Baye” a logical place for a trader to ...
The Fur Trade - Bill of Rights Institute
The focus on the fur trade meant that the French in Canada developed simple trading posts in Quebec and Montreal rather than large colonies with many settlers.
History of the Fur Trade - Montana Trappers Association
The earliest fur traders in North America were French explorers and fishermen who arrived in what is now Eastern Canada during the early 1500's. Trade started ...
The French Crown tried to use monopolies to limit competition and stabilize prices. Traders could legally sell their furs only to the monopoly, ...
The History and Impact of the French Fur Trade
At first the Huron dominated and controlled the fur trade with the Europeans as middlemen. They were in a prime location to trade with tribes of ...