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Granted by King Charles II of England on May 2, 1670, the Royal Charter gave an exclusive trading monopoly over the entire Hudson Bay drainage basin to “the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson Bay.”
HBC’s York Factory, located on the Hayes River in northern Manitoba, operated from 1684 until 1957. This location was one of the most important posts and distribution points for HBC throughout the fur trade era.
Alone in an Untamed Land by
Young Hélène St. Onge and her older sister Catherine are orphans. When King Louis XVI orders all men in New France to marry, Catherine becomes a fille du roi, one of the many young women sent to the new world as brides. Hélène will accompany her on the long sea voyage and live with her sister's new family. But Catherine dies during the grueling journey, and Hélène finds herself alone in a strange new country. New France is a far harsher place than she imagined, with bitter winters and the threat of attack from the Iroquois. Will the few friendships she has made on her long voyage enable her to survive?
New France by
Meet some of the brave men and women who first settled the New World and helped found the colony of New France - Cartier, Marie La Tour, La Salle and Madeleine de Vercheres. Find out how they worked, dressed, ate and survived in their adopted land. Read about the King's Daughters, who came over from Europe on Bride's Ships, and about the powerful seigneurs, who ruled vast domains along the St. Lawrence River.
Discovering First Peoples and First Contacts by
This book takes the reader follows early European explorers and Aboriginal people as they criss-cross the country searching for furs, trade routes, and adventure.
Where the river takes me--The Hudson's Bay Company Diary of Jenna Sinclair by
Young Jenna Sinclair yearns for more adventure and freedom than the rules of mid-1800's HBC society allows. Read her posts to her HBC diary and find out what life was like inside a fort during the mid-1800's.
