11 reactions | The fur trade was a vast commercial enterprise across the wild, forested expanse of what is now Canada. It was at its peak for nearly 250 years, from the early 17th to the mid-19th centuries. It was sustained primarily by the trapping of beavers to satisfy the European demand for felt hats. This is the first in a series of educational videos commonly covered in Canadian history courses. | The Canadian Encyclopedia | Facebook

Fur Trade History Tidbit. The Apparition at the Grand Calumet. The most detailed account of this story comes from the memoirs of a fur trader named Horatio Nelson, who recorded it in the 1840s based on the oral traditions of the voyageurs. The incident is said to have occurred at the Grand Calumet on the Ottawa River, a notoriously dangerous set of rapids and a significant fur trade route. A group of French-Canadian voyageurs, loaded with furs, encountered two bands of enemy Iroquois warriors on

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