CA-K105Economy & trade
York Factory, a fur trade hub for over 250 years
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York Factory, a Hudson’s Bay Company depot on Hudson Bay in Manitoba, was a vital fur trade hub for more than 250 years. It served as the gateway to the vast interior for British trade goods, settlers and soldiers, and lies on Treaty 5 territory.
Scope & context
York Factory’s role in the fur trade, not the full history of the Hudson’s Bay Company or of the Cree and other Indigenous peoples who traded there.
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