Fur Trapping, Empire & the Hudson’s Bay Company

Did you know that almost 40% of the land that is now Canada was once owned by a single commercial company?

The Hudson's Bay Company surrendered this area for the sum of £300,000 in 1869. But how did they come to control it? What was life like for fur traders in North America? And what was the Pemmican War?

Don is joined today by Stephen R. Bown, author of ‘The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire’.

Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aliza Dams. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.

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