The 5 Phases of the Fur Trade in Canada
Phase 3 Rival Network 1670-1760
The French and the English fished for cod off the east coast of Canada and began trading with First Nations
Phase 1The Early Fur Trade 1500-1603
Phase 2Expansion Inland 1603-1670
Bonjour!
I am a Ouendat, I can help you trade with the First Nations.In the Great Lakes area
I want to trade with them
No,I want to
The HBC competed with France in the Fur Trade .Britain offered a group of merchants a monopoly on trade in a area claimed as Ruperts land.
I will be the first one
Phase 4 The Drive West 1760-1821The north west company had taken over the Fur Trade now to British companies were competing .They both moved west and They were trying to be the first ones to get to the unclaimed new fur trading territory.
No I will
Phase 5 Monopoly in the West1821-1870
Let's work together
The other companies joined HBC.But trade was down,Ruperts Land became part of Canada