How the Hudson's Bay Company shaped Canada's history—and its borders
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A new book explores the significant Indigenous influence on HBC's expansion and how, for all its many evils, the company kept vast swaths of Canada from becoming part of the U.S.
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Hudson Bay: A New Trade Company Region
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Society Archives - Page 147 of 614
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Some Canadian Indigenous See Hudson's Bay Building as Hollow Gift - The New York Times
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Society Archives - Page 147 of 614
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Hudson's Bay Company
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Mapping out the life of explorer Peter Pond
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Culture Archives - Page 54 of 612
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Thunder Bay, Ontario, Map, & Facts
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HBC Heritage — A Brief History of HBC